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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 23.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Work Forum (N Y N Y). 2009 May;42-43:6–26.

TABLE 2.

Descriptive Statistics

N Mean Standard Deviation Range
Outcomes
YSR Externalizing Behavior 142 11.96 7.31 1 – 37
YSR Aggressive Behavior 142 9.18 5.14 0 – 28
YSR Oppositional Defiant 142 2.49 1.83 0 – 8
YSR Conduct Problems 142 3.58 2.83 0 – 13
YSR Rule Breaking 142 4.44 2.93 0 – 14
Acculturation Scales
Adolescent BIQ Hispanicism 142 3.30 0.72 1 – 4
Adolescent BIQ Americanism 142 2.91 0.83 1 – 4
Mother BIQ Hispanicism 142 3.41 0.70 1 – 4
Mother BIQ Americanism 142 2.18 0.91 1 – 4
Joint Mother-Adolescent Acculturation Dummy Variables
Both “Separated” 142 0.11 0.31 0 – 1
Mother More Acculturated than Adolescent 142 0.08 0.28 0 – 1
Adolescent More Acculturated than Mother 142 0.37 0.48 0 – 1
Both Moderately or Highly Acculturated (Reference) 142 0.45 0.56 0 – 1
Hypothesized Mediators
Family Cohesiveness 142 37.21 8.14 14 –50
Familism 142 20.12 3.20 9 – 24
Family Conflict 142 3.47 3.83 0 – 15
Acculturation Conflict 141 7.23 3.12 4 – 17
Controls and Sample Demographics
Adolescent Gender (Male=0; Female=1) 142 0.62 0.49 0 – 1
Adolescent Age (years) 141 15.53 1.24 13 –18
Adolescent School Grades (0=Other; 1=Mostly As and Bs) 140 0.62 0.48 0 – 1
Adolescent Time in U.S. 141 11.50 5.36 0.2 –
Adolescent Born Outside USA (0=No, Yes=1) 142 0.44 0.56 0 – 1
Mother’s Education (0=<H.S.; 1=H.S.) 142 0.34 0.47 0 –1
Mother’s Age (years) 141 39.80 6.65 24 –60
Mother’s Time in U.S. 141 16.98 12.60 0.3 –60
Mother Born Outside USA (0=No, 1=Yes) 142 0.87 0.34 0 – 1