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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2011 Feb;23(1):293–304. doi: 10.1017/S0954579410000805

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations for study variables

Comparison Maltreated Boys Girls




Mean SD Mean SD p Mean SD Mean SD p
T1 Pubertal Stage n=151 n=301 n=240 n=212
  Tanner breast/genital 2.09 0.84 2.06 0.89 ns 2.26 0.92 1.85 0.76 p<.01
  Tanner pubic hair 2.15 0.92 2.12 1.01 ns 2.26 0.98 1.99 0.96 p<.01
  PDS 2.24 0.94 2.17 0.97 ns 2.05 0.97 2.35 0.69 p<.01
T1 Self-Delinquency n=149 n=297 n=237 n=209
  Status 1.31 2.51 2.39 4.43 p<.01 2.32 4.54 1.70 3.05 p<.01
  Person 1.00 3.17 1.69 4.36 ns 1.95 4.75 0.90 2.87 p<.01
  Property 1.02 3.87 1.89 6.25 ns 1.99 6.55 1.15 4.20 ns
T1 Peer-Delinquency
  Status 3.33 2.51 3.99 2.71 p<.01 3.85 2.70 3.68 2.62 ns
  Person 2.54 2.42 3.34 3.21 p<.01 3.22 3.15 2.90 2.79 ns
  Property 2.63 3.19 4.74 5.01 p<.01 4.29 4.77 3.75 4.37 ns
T2 Self-Delinquency n=142 n=246 n=203 n=185
  Status 2.02 2.86 2.74 4.23 ns 2.78 3.95 2.14 3.60
  Person 0.96 2.53 1.41 3.41 ns 1.64 3.58 0.81 2.46 p<.01
  Property 0.85 2.16 1.61 4.80 p<.05 1.55 4.28 1.09 3.80 ns
T2 Peer-Delinquency
  Status 3.98 2.68 4.22 2.93 ns 4.17 2.81 4.09 2.88
  Person 2.75 2.90 3.17 3.03 ns 3.34 3.21 2.66 2.68 p<.05
  Property 3.03 3.33 4.10 4.33 p<.01 4.12 4.18 3.25 3.81 p<.05
T3 Self-Delinquency n=120 n=176 n=150 n=146
  Status 3.50 4.86 3.83 4.59 ns 3.63 4.87 3.76 5.10 ns
  Person 2.13 4.59 1.79 3.98 ns 2.13 4.64 1.72 3.75 ns
  Property 2.46 6.70 2.24 4.87 ns 2.53 5.85 2.13 5.48 ns
T3 Peer-Delinquency
  Status 5.35 3.36 5.28 3.36 ns 4.88 3.32 5.73 3.16 p<.05
  Person 3.81 3.57 3.47 3.21 ns 3.52 3.45 3.70 3.26 ns
  Property 4.38 4.92 4.67 4.62 ns 4.55 4.92 4.55 4.55 ns

Note: significant mean differences between groups tested using independent samples t-test; delinquency scores reflect composite scores from raw data