Table 4.

Ethnic Group Differences in the RPQ

	Caucasian	Hispanic	African–American	Asian	Mixed	F (df)	p	t (p<0.05)
Self-report
Proactive
Mean	0.63	0.98	1.16	0.56	1.05	3.78	0.005	AA>C,A
SD	1.15	1.99	2.11	1.16	2.04	(4,1199)		M>A
Reactive
Mean	7.53	6.64	7.57	5.44	6.84	6.62	0.0001	AA>C,A,M
SD	3.29	3.59	4.09	3.44	3.53	(4,1197)		C>H,M,A A<C,H,AA,M
Total
Mean	8.14	7.62	8.74	6.00	7.90	4.13	0.003	AA>H,A
SD	3.97	4.85	5.56	4.13	4.86	(4,1192)		A<C,H,AA,M
Teacher
Proactive
Mean	1.26	1.94	3.58	1.78	1.92	6.60	0.0001	AA>C,H,A,M
SD	2.41	3.14	4.67	3.62	2.91	(4,568)		H>C
Reactive
Mean	4.74	4.82	7.33	4.72	5.10	5.67	0.0001	AA>C,H,A,M
SD	4.19	4.42	5.19	4.16	4.23	(4,568)
Total
Mean	5.58	6.29	11.01	7.08	6.52	7.95	0.0001	AA>C,H,A,M
SD	5.63	6.78	9.64	7.39	6.36	(4,568)
Caregiver
Proactive
Mean	1.07	1.15	0.98	0.89	1.33	1.15	0.33
SD	1.70	1.84	2.04	1.70	2.09	(4,1197)
Reactive
Mean	7.62	7.40	7.13	6.06	7.74	2.75	0.027	A<C,H,M
SD	3.51	3.62	3.61	3.26	4.08	(4,1153)
Total
Mean	8.68	8.57	8.14	6.94	9.07	2.23	0.063
SD	4.68	4.94	5.13	4.54	5.63	(4,1150)

t-tests are two-tailed

C Caucasian, H Hispanic, A Asian, AA African-American, M Mixed