Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of dependent variables and predictors
| Total | Girls | Boys | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | M (SD) | N | M (SD) | N | M (SD) | |
| DEP 1 | 3,902 | 1.66 (0.58) | 1,937 | 1.75 (0.62) | 1,965 | 1.57 (0.53) | F (1,3900) = 93.41*** |
| DEP 2 | 2,822 | 1.70 (0.57) | 1,442 | 1.80 (0.61) | 1,380 | 1.58 (0.50) | F (1,2820) = 110.77*** |
| DEP 3 | 2,547 | 1.80 (0.60) | 1,295 | 1.93 (0.62) | 1,252 | 1.66 (0.54) | F (1,2545) = 141.56*** |
| DEP 4 | 2,378 | 1.82 (0.61) | 1,227 | 1.98 (0.64) | 1,151 | 1.65 (0.52) | F (1,2376) = 193.23*** |
| MDS | 3,475 | 2.44 (0.69) | 1,724 | 2.43 (0.69) | 1,751 | 2.45 (0.69) | F (1,3473) = 0.99 |
| LE | 3,896 | 0.82 (0.99) | 1,932 | 0.77 (0.96) | 1,964 | 0.84 (1.02) | F (1,3894) = 4.26 |
| LOSS | 3,833 | 0.24 (0.43) | 1,895 | 0.24 (0.43) | 1,938 | 0.23 (0.42) | F (1,3831) = 0.38 |
Differences between girls and boys are shown in the last column
DEP depressive symptoms (at different time points), MDS mothers’ depressive symptoms, LE number of life events, LOSS loss events
*** p ≤ 0.001