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. 2009 Dec 31;37(4):850–860. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbp154

Table 4.

Mean CAPE Item Score and CAPE Subdimension Item Scores by Age and Sex and Statistics for Differences in Item Scores by Sex and Age in Health Behavior in School-Aged Children Study (n = 5422)

Dimension Boys
Girls
Age
Sex
12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 F df P F df P
Hallucinations 0.66 (1.0) 0.43 (0.8) 0.40 (0.4) 0.38 (0.8) 0.35 (0.7) 0.60 (0.9) 0.56 (0.9) 0.53 (0.9) 0.52 (0.9) 0.53 (0.8) 6.10 4 .001 15.62 1 .001
Delusions 1.62 (1.8) 1.54 (1.8) 1.58 (1.9) 1.52 (1.8) 1.52 (1.7) 1.80 (1.9) 1.78 (1.9) 1.74 (1.9) 1.90 (1.9) 2.17 (2.2) 0.99 4 .414 30.68 1 .001
Paranoia 2.44 (1.6) 2.43 (1.5) 2.47 (1.6) 2.71 (1.5) 2.75 (1.5) 2.87 (1.6) 3.07 (1.5) 3.17 (1.4) 3.23 (1.4) 3.46 `(1.2) 10.16 4 .001 170.00 1 .001
Grandiosity 0.70 (0.8) 0.63 (0.8) 0.79 (0.8) 0.75 (0.8) 0.78 (0.8) 0.50 (0.7) 0.53 (0.7) 0.54 (0.7) 0.61 (0.8) 0.77 (0.8) 6.45 4 .001 33.34 1 .001
Paranormal 0.50 (0.7) 0.51 (0.7) 0.58 (0.8) 0.57 (0.8) 0.59 (0.8) 0.67 (0.8) 0.71 (0.8) 0.89 (0.8) 0.92 (0.8) 1.01 (0.8) 10.98 4 .001 142.42 1 .001
Any CAPE experience 5.93 (4.3) 5.54 (4.0) 5.83 (4.3) 5.93 (4.1) 5.99 (3.8) 6.44 (4.2) 6.65 (4.1) 6.88 (3.9) 7.18 (4.0) 7.94 (4.1) 4.71 4 .001 84.91 1 .001

Note: Note that not every subdimension has an equal number of items; therefore, maximum item scores differ per subdimension. CAPE, Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences.