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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2009 Oct;37(7):917–928. doi: 10.1007/s10802-009-9330-4

Table 3.

Comparisons between 6 – 7 and 8 – 9 year old children with and without suicidal ideation on mental health functioning reported by parents.

Ages 6–7 years Ages 8–9 years

YOQ subscale Suicidal ideation No suicidal
Ideation
Group Suicidal
Ideation
No suicidal
Ideation
Group
(n=18) (n=208) (n=12) (n=111)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) F1 ES Mean (SD) Mean (SD) F1 ES
Intrapersonal Distress 23.94 (9.19) 26.00 (9.49) 0.70 −0.22 33.78 (7.46) 26.67 (11.27) 3.54 0.66
Somatic Problems 10.19 (2.56) 11.30 (3.84) 1.72 −0.34 14.44 (4.69) 11.33 (3.67) 4.65* 0.76
Interpersonal relations 6.56 (5.81) 7.43 (6.45) 0.34 −0.15 11.75 (4.06) 7.80 (7.73) 2.99 0.65
Social Problems 8.06 (3.21) 9.03 (3.43) 1.32 −0.30 9.44 (2.46) 9.11 (3.32) 0.05 0.08
Behavior Dysfunction 16.25 (7.23) 20.40 (8.96) 2.97 −0.45 26.00 (5.10) 19.92 (8.960) 4.04* 0.71
1

Note. For 6–7 year olds, df= 1,191;

2

For 8–9 year olds, df=1,107.

p<0.07;

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001.