Table 3.

Summary of Mean Differences between Dichotomous Variables

	Diabetes vs. Cystic Fibrosis	Younger vs. Older	Caucasian vs. Minority	Male vs. Female
Family Income^a	7.98 vs. 7.26	7.63 vs. 7.79	8.13 vs. 5.62^**	7.81 vs. 7.62
Years since Diagnosis	6.43 vs. 12.30^**	7.80 vs. 9.19	8.47 vs. 8.88	7.93 vs. 9.23
Physician Rating of Severity^b	−0.00 vs. 0.00	0.01 vs. −0.01	−0.14 vs. 0.73^**	−0.12 vs. 0.14
Positive Spiritual Coping	2.05 vs. 2.08	2.12 vs. 2.01	2.02 vs. 2.23	1.97 vs. 2.16
Negative Spiritual Coping	0.51 vs. 0.46	0.39 vs. 0.59^*	0.43 vs. 0.83^**	0.52 vs. 0.46
Optimistic Attributional Style	6.16 vs. 5.71	6.24 vs. 5.79	6.03 vs. 5.86	5.81 vs. 6.22
Hyperactivity (P)	12.64 vs. 13.70	13.25 vs. 12.83	13.12 vs. 12.57	13.63 vs. 12.34^*
Hyperactivity (A)	−0.04 vs. 0.05	−0.05 vs. 0.03	0.01 vs. −0.07	0.06 vs. −0.07
Agression (P)	14.70 vs. 14.01	14.25 vs. 14.62	14.54 vs. 14.00	14.85 vs. 13.99
Conduct Problems (P)	18.62 vs. 18.61	17.94 vs. 19.20	18.59 vs. 18.73	18.76 vs. 18.44
Depression (P)	19.05 vs. 19.41	18.81 vs. 19.49	19.11 vs. 19.52	18.18 vs. 20.32^**
Depression (A)	−0.02 vs. −0.00	−0.12 vs. 0.09^*	−0.04 vs. 0.14	0.01 vs. −0.03
Anxiety (P)	19.89 vs. 20.38	19.31 vs. 20.72	20.14 vs. 19.69	19.24 vs. 21.02^*
Anxiety (A)	−0.02 vs. −0.02	−0.17 vs. 0.10^*	−0.05 vs. 0.12	−0.10 vs. 0.08

p < .05,

^**

p < .01 or lower

family income was rated on an 11-point scale from 1 ($10,000 or less annually) to 11 (greater than $100,000 annually)

physicians report of disease severity from 1 (very mild) to 4 (very severe), standardized within disease group

P: parent report of adolescent behavior on BASC

A: adolescent self-report of behavior on BASC, converted to z-scores