Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and T-tests of Adolescent Attributions, Depressive Symptoms, and Familism

	Adolescents	Boys	Girls		European American	Mexican American		Intact Families	Stepfamilies
	M/SD	M/SD	M/SD	t	M/SD	M/SD	t	M/SD	M/SD	t
Stable attributions for positive events	4.28/0.69	4.20/0.72	4.36/0.66	−2.23*	4.28/0.63	4.29/0.76	−0.13	4.36/0.60	4.19/0.78	2.30*
Unstable attributions for positive events	2.76/0.60	2.77/0.61	2.75/0.60	0.31	2.61/0.56	2.91/0.61	−5.20***	2.81/0.61	2.69/0.59	1.92
Stable attributions for negative events	1.57/0.72	1.69/0.80	1.46/0.62	3.11**	1.45/0.63	1.70/0.78	−3.36**	1.52/0.64	1.64/0.81	−1.46
Unstable attributions for negative events	2.50/0.76	2.61/0.73	2.40/0.78	2.70**	2.48/0.73	2.53/0.79	−0.65	2.49/0.75	2.51/0.77	−0.25
Depressive symptoms	1.42/0.32	1.44/0.29	1.40/0.35	1.06	1.38/0.34	1.45/0.30	−2.17*	1.37/0.29	1.47/0.35	−3.02**
Familism	4.42/0.49	4.41/0.51	4.42/0.47	−0.29	4.40/0.45	4.43/0.53	−0.67	4.47/0.42	4.35/0.56	2.18*

^*p < .05,

^**p < .001.