Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics and ANOVA Results for Sex and Age Differences in the Major Study Variables
| Sex effects | Age effects | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M | SD | F-value/Partial η2 | Sex differences | F-value/Partial η2 | Age differences |
| Context of exposure to conflict/violence | ||||||
| Political | 1.07 | .37 | F = 62.69**/η2 = .10 | B > G | F = 29.90/η2 = .09 | 14>11>8 |
| Community | .78 | .58 | F = 13.16**/η2 = .02 | B > G | F = 12.23**/η2 = .04 | 14>11 & 8; 8=11 |
| School | 2.31 | .76 | F = 37.20**/η2 = .06 | B > G | F = 5.74*/η2 = .02 | 14>8; 8=11; 11=14 |
| Family | 1.34 | 1.15 | F = .62/η2 = .00 | F = 6.38*/η2 = .02 | 14>8; 8= 11; 11=14 | |
| Aggression (composite)a | .00 | .01 | F = 28.36**/η2 = .05 | B > G | F = 19.71**/η2 = .06 | 11=14>8 |
| Post-traumatic stress | 1.39 | .60 | F = 25.44**/η2 = .04 | G > B | F = .19/η2 = .00 | |
Note. Means and standard deviations are based on raw scores of the variables. However, the ANOVAs were computed using log-transformed values for those variables that required this transformation.
a
Aggression is a composite score derived through latent variable measurement modeling of three manifest variables. Individual scores for the three measures were standardized, multiplied by factor weights observed in the measurement model, and then averaged to create the Aggression composite.
**
p < .01.
*
p<.05.