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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Child Adolesc Social Work J. 2012 Jun 3;29(5):373–390. doi: 10.1007/s10560-012-0269-x

Table 3.

Wald test of mean differences in adolescent problem behaviors across the latent profile groups

Sample
mean (SD)
Low
Risk
Unprotected Risk
Only
High
Risk
χ2
Violent behaviorsa,b,c,e 1.07 (1.01) 0.80 1.10 1.39 1.68 53.50***
Alcohol usea,c,e 0.97 (1.19) 0.79 1.03 1.07 1.36 12.84**
Other drug usea,b,c 0.60 (0.92) 0.43 0.69 0.76 0.88 21.68**
School goals unmeta,b,c,d,e,f 2.30 (1.34) 1.77 2.72 2.18 3.21 77.87***
School dissatisfactiona,c,e,f 2.88 (1.13) 2.60 3.06 2.83 3.50 29.30***
***

p<.001,

**

p<.01,

*

p<.05

a

Significant contrast between Low Risk and Unprotected groups

b

Significant contrast between Low Risk and Risk Only groups

c

Significant contrast between Low Risk and High Risk groups

d

Significant contrast between Unprotected and Risk Only groups

e

Significant contrast between Unprotected and High Risk groups

f

Significant contrast between Risk Only and High Risk groups