Table 2.
YSR Syndromes Scales Stratified by Sex and Serious Suicidal Expressions Among Adolescents in a School Sample in León, Nicaragua
| ITEMS | BOYS | GIRLS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious Suicidal Expressions n=40 | No Serious Suicidal Expression n=148 | Serious Suicidal Expressions n=52 | No Serious Suicidal Expression n=128 | |||||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | |
| YSR Syndrome Scales | ||||||||||||
| Anxious/Depressed | 5.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 0.00 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 0.00 |
| Withdrawn | 4.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 0.00 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.07 |
| Somatic Complaints | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.03 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.00 |
| Social problems | 5.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 0.00 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 0.00 |
| Thought problems | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.00 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.00 |
| Attention problems | 5.1 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.05 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.00 |
| Delinquent behaviour | 6.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 0.00 |
| Aggressive behaviour | 8.6 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.00 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 0.00 |
| Internalizing | 14.6 | 6.4 | 10.5 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 16.6 | 6.6 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 0.00 |
| Externalizing | 15.2 | 5.3 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 0.00 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 0.00 |