Table 2.
Rates of externalizing disorders in offending subgroups
| High (n = 48) % |
Occasional (n = 62) % |
Low (n = 82) % |
All (n = 192) % |
Between-group comparisons χ 2(df = 1), p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High versus occasional | High versus low | Occasional versus low | |||||
| Any externalizing disorder | 62.5 | 33.9 | 17.1 | 33.9 | 8.917** | 27.904*** | 5.415* |
| ADHD-only | 16.7 | 12.9 | 8.5 | 12.0 | – | – | – |
| ODD/CD-only | 8.3 | 12.9 | 4.9 | 8.3 | – | – | 2.977† |
| ADHD and ODD/CD | 37.5 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 13.5 | 14.175*** | 25.601*** | – |
Omnibus test for externalizing disorders: χ2 41.5 (df = 6) p < 0.001. Non significant values are denoted by –
†0.1 < p<0.05, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001