Table 3.

Means and standard deviations of child psychosocial variables by gender (N=183)

	Total (N=183)		Girls (n=91)		Boys (n=92)		Gender difference
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
YSR internalising score	16.21	7.41	18.66	6.40	13.74	7.57	t = 4.74***
Family connectedness	17.92	2.16	17.95	1.99	17.90	2.34	t = −1.06
Peer connectedness	16.38	3.13	16.22	3.31	16.54	2.95	t = −2.50*
Community connectedness+	13.41	3.86	12.12	4.14	14.59	3.18	t = −3.95**
MSPSS social support	51.76	6.95	51.75	6.34	51.78	7.55	t = −0.03

^~Notes: p<=.10;

^*p<=.05;

^**p<=.01;

^***p<=.001; two-tailed significance test

⁺community connectedness N =139.