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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Sep 24;84(2):455–470. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01861.x

Table 2.

Descriptive Characteristics of the Sample According to Internalizing Trajectory Group Membership.

Total
sample
N=529
Low
Symptoms
N=219
Improvers
N=252
Deteriorators
N=34
High Symptoms
N=24
Age, T1, Mean (SD) 14.48 (2.43) 14.6 (2.32) 14.88
(2.31)
14.36 (2.46) 16.0 (2.34)
Gender (females), N (%) 131 (24.8%) 39 (17.8%) 77 (30.6%) 7 (20.6%) 8 (33.3%)
SES, Mean (SD) 8.05 (2.09) 7.91 (2.04) 8.21 (2.13) 8.13 (2.42) 7.72 (1.62)
Victim of rape, N (%) 70 (13.2%) 14 (7.9%) 42 (20.9%) 6 (17.6%) 8 (33.3%)
Killed or injured others, N (%) 141 (26.7%) 45 (25.3%) 68 (33.8%) 14 (41.2%) 14 (58.3%)
Death of Parent, N (%) 122 (23.1%) 37 (16.9%) 56 (22.2%) 18 (52.9%) 11 (45.8%)
Family Abuse & Neglect, T3, Mean
(SD)
1.10 (1.51) 0.8 (1.30) 1.11 (1.48) 1.88 (1.64) 2.0 (2.12)
Perceived stigma, T2, Mean (SD) 2.89 (3.84) 1.30 (2.68) 3.54 (3.78) 4.25 (4.29) 6.74 (5.59)
Daily Hardship, T3, Mean (SD) 4.95 (3.44) 4.18 (3.34) 5.01 (3.35) 6.59 (3.51) 7.58 (2.58)
Social Disorder, T2, Mean (SD) 3.92 (1.55) 3.64 (1.37) 4.06 (1.62) 3.73 (1.42) 5.12 (1.72)
Perceived Com. Acceptance, T1, Mean
(SD)
10.70 (2.31) 10.97 (1.93) 10.40
(2.55)
11.52 (1.31) 10.0 (3.43)
Intergenerational Closure, T2, Mean
(SD)
6.18 (1.40) 6.37 (1.14) 6.08 (1.52) 5.95 (1.20) 6.00 (1.71)