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Published in final edited form as: Youth Soc. 2011 Jul 14;44(4):524–547. doi: 10.1177/0044118X11407526

Table 2a.

Means and Standard Deviations for Young Adult Risk Factors by Suicide Risk Status

Young adult risk factors	Group I, no observed risk (n = 561)	Group II, emerged risk (n = 41)	Group III, reduced risk (n = 112)	Group IV, persisted risk (n = 45)	F statistic across the four groups	Significant differences
Emotional distress
Suicidal behavior	0.04 (0.25)	0.79 (0.68)	0.05 (0.12)	1.08 (0.96)	167.22^****	All pairs differ, except I vs. III
Depression	0.91 (0.82)	2.66 (1.06)	1.21 (0.79)	2.61 (1.35)	97.23^****	All pairs differ, except II vs. IV
Anxiety	1.26 (1.02)	2.77 (1.08)	1.55 (1.12)	2.78 (1.22)	51.99^****	All pairs differ, except II vs. IV
Anger	1.23 (0.99)	2.10 (1.19)	1.42 (1.04)	2.17 (1.01)	19.85^****	All pairs differ, except I vs. III & II vs. IV
Risky behavior
Alcohol/drug use	5.82 (5.37)	8.27 (6.16)	5.88 (5.13)	6.64 (5.63)	2.84^**	I < II & II > III ^*
Drug involvement	0.66 (0.99)	1.32 (1.41)	0.65 (1.00)	0.71 (0.97)	5.42^****	II > I, III, IV
High-risk behaviors	0.49 (0.66)	0.91 (0.93)	0.54 (0.71)	0.80 (0.84)	6.82^****	I < II, IV; II > III

p < .10.

^**

p < .05.

^***

p < .01.

^****

p < .001.