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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2019 Aug 17;238:112467. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112467

Table 1.

Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in First Grade, by Skin Color and Gender

Skin Color Gender: Boys Gender: Girls

“White” (n=240) “Dark” (n=367) “Black” (n=77) All (n=331) White (n=105) Dark (n=182) Black (n=44) All (n=353) White (n=135) Dark (n=185) Black (n=33)
ANXIETY
 T-score, Teacher (M; SD) 46.95 (10.09) 47.00 (10.56) 46.17 (9.73) 47.56 (10.87) 48.23 (11.54) 47.65 (10.83 45.60 (9.24) 46.26 (9.70) 45.96 (8.73) 46.36 (10.26) 46.93 (10.46)
 % at-risk 9.17 10.71 10.65 8.90 13.05 11.65 7.27 11.51 6.15 9.78 15.15
 χ2 value 0.75 2.47 5.04
 T-score, Mother (M; SD) 55.95 (10.40) 56.81 (7.23) 57.21 (7.65) 56.89 (8.00) 56.15 (9.83) 57.21 (7.65) 57.29 (7.77) 56.42 (7.00) 55.79 (6.62) 56.41 (6.74) 59.00 (9.40)
 % at-risk 33.75 36.10 42.21 33.97 39.71 36.92 39.09 38.10 29.11 35.30 46.36
 χ2 value 2.74 0.29 6.15*

DEPRESSION
 T-score, Teacher (M; SD) 47.15 (7.62) 46.58 (9.27) 47.74 (10.79) 47.53 (10.29) 47.98 (9.83) 47.35 (10.48) 47.18 (10.63) 46.34 (8.75) 46.51 (9.57) 45.82 (7.26) 48.49 (11.13)
 % at-risk 4.71 5.40 9.87 5.07 6.67 5.99 6.59 6.28 3.19 4.81 14.24
 χ2 value 7.38* .25 8.80*
 T-score, Mother (M; SD) 48.77 (8.89) 49.25 (8.03) 49.96 (12.03) 49.12 (9.81) 48.24 (9.37) 49.63 (9.14) 49.14 (12.96) 49.14 (7.57) 49.19 (7.80) 48.87 (6.54) 51.07 (10.80)
 % at-risk 12.25 10.35 14.16 11.10 11.71 11.92 11.59 11.81 12.67 8.81 17.58
 χ2 value 0.38 0.31 1.54

HYPERACTIVITY
 T-score, Teacher (M; SD) 48.07 (9.73) 47.47 (10.69) 51.23 (11.49) 49.86 (11.05) 49.39 (11.01) 49.75 (10.87) 51.44 (12.04) 46.45 (10.34) 47.04 (9.94) 45.22 (10.53) 50.97 (10.81)
 % at-risk 12.46 9.59 20.26 7.51 17.24 15.16 19.32 16.37 8.74 4.11 21.52
 χ2 value 7.35* 1.37 13.30**
 T-score, Mother (M; SD) 48.56 (8.51) 49.25 (8.30) 52.54 (8.59) 50.09 (8.60) 49.00 (9.03) 50.38 (8.38) 51.47 (8.54) 48.72 (8.48) 48.23 (8.78) 48.14 (8.23) 53.96 (8.67)
 % at-risk 10.46 10.54 19.87 8.95 14.10 14.07 16.14 14.35 7.63 7.08 24.85
 χ2 value 5.1 0.08 14.65**

AGGRESSION
 T-score, Teacher (M; SD) 47.15 (8.54) 46.66 (7.85) 49.94 (11.29) 48.35 (8.59) 48.04 (8.57) 47.98 (8.09) 50.60 (10.42) 46.12 (8.55) 46.46 (8.48) 45.35 (7.45) 49.07 (12.40)
 % at-risk 7.46 6.29 17.40 5.01 10.95 9.95 16.14 11.09 4.74 2.70 19.09
 χ2 value 4.27 0.37 15.85***
 T-score, Teacher (M; SD) 45.04 (7.45) 45.26 (7.84) 48.44 (10.55) 46.14 (7.60) 45.72 (7.14) 45.90 (7.22) 48.16 (9.74) 44.98 (8.55) 44.52 (7.67) 44.63 (8.38) 48.80 (11.68)
 % at-risk 3.46 3.57 14.68 5.30 2.86 3.19 11.82 4.23 3.93 3.95 18.48
 χ2 value 21.89*** 3.62 12.88**

Note.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001.