Table 4.
Adolescent adjustment as a function of friendship negativity groups
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Friendship negativity group |
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Consistent low |
Consistent medium |
Consistent high |
Low and medium |
Medium and high |
Low and high |
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| Adjustment variable | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) |
| Self-reports | ||||||||||||
| Externalising problems | 45.83a | (11.1) | 49.24 | (9.7) | 53.21b | (10.6) | 49.83 | (10.2) | 50.09 | (10.0) | 53.09b | (9.6) |
| Internalising problems | 48.13 | (9.7) | 47.78 | (9.5) | 50.13 | (9.3) | 47.87 | (10.5) | 51.06 | (10.2) | 52.62 | (10.5) |
| Mother reports | ||||||||||||
| Externalising problems | 47.12a | (10.2) | 43.80a | (10.6) | 56.70a | (8.9) | 45.44a | (10.8) | 50.27 | (10.6) | 48.09 | (7.2) |
| Internalising problems | ||||||||||||
| Early-adolescence | 43.75 | (10.8) | 48.00 | (13.8) | 54.44 | (12.6) | 47.60 | (8.5) | 50.00 | (12.0) | 51.89 | (9.0) |
| Mid-adolescence | 47.08 | (4.8) | 38.00a | (5.6) | 52.33b | (13.1) | 46.83 | (10.1) | 50.83 | (5.8) | 58.00b | (11.3) |
| School grades | ||||||||||||
| Early-adolescence | 3.28a | (0.5) | 2.77b | (0.7) | 2.96b | (0.7) | 2.84b | (1.0) | 2.79b | (0.8) | 2.04b | (0.8) |
| Mid-adolescence | 3.16a | (0.6) | 2.76 | (0.7) | 2.07b | (1.0) | 2.67 | (0.5) | 2.46b | (0.9) | 2.49b | (1.0) |
N = 103 for contrasts involving mother reports; N = 282 for all other contrasts. Across rows, means with different subscripts differ significantly at p < .05 in Tukey’s HSD comparisons. Externalising problems and internalising problems percentile scores range from 25 to 100. School grades range from 0.00 (F) to 4.00 (A).