TABLE 2.
Descriptive Statistics by Race on Perceived Social Support, Measures of Psychopathology, Functional Impairment, Psychiatric History, and Suicide Attempt History
| Black Mean (SD) | White Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Social Support | ||
| Family | 11.9 (2.3) | 10.5 (2.5) * |
| Non-Family Adult | 10.4 (3.3) | 10.0 (2.5) |
| Peer | 12.8 (3.3) | 13.2 (1.9) |
| Psychopathology | ||
| RADS | 75.3 (15.6) | 77.1 (15.5) |
| SIQ-Jr | 38.0 (23.1) | 35.4 (25.2) |
| PESQ | 26.9 (11.7) | 29.2 (11.6) |
| YSR Internalizing | 66.1 (10.4) | 64.1 (12.1) |
| YSR Externalizing | 61.3 (9.2) | 62.6 (9.5) |
| YSR Delinquency | 64.6 (10.0) | 66.1 (9.5) |
| Functional Impairment | ||
| CAFAS Role Performance | 22.6 (9.4) | 24.3 (9.2) |
| CAFAS Behavior | 17.8 (11.9) | 22.7 (9.6) |
| CAFAS Moods | 25.9 (5.1) | 25.9 (5.0) |
| Psychiatric History | ||
| Age of 1st Outpatient Tx | 12.5 (3.1) | 11.9 (3.5) |
| Age of 1st Hospitalization | 14.3 (1.4) | 14.2 (2.0) |
| Suicide attempt history | ||
| % Multiple attempts | 26.7 | 20.0 |
| % Single attempt | 43.3 | 43.3 |
| % Severe ideation only | 30.0 | 36.7 |
Note: RADS: Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale; SIQ-Jr: Suicide Ideation Questionnaire, Jr; PESQ: Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire (alcohol/substance abuse); YSR: Youth Self-Report; CAFAS: Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale. Descriptive statistics based on normative standardization samples are reported for these measures in Achenbach (1991), Reynolds (1987), Reynolds (1988), and Hodges (1996), and include: RADS for females (M = 62.85, SD = 14.66) and males (M = 57.51, SD = 13.41), SIQ-Jr for females (M = 13.70, SD = 16.79) and males (M = 10.94, SD =15.71), and PESQ for total sample (M = 27.5, SD = 8.9). T-scores (YSR only) have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
t-test p < .05