Table 3. Average PTSSC-15 total score (by grade, gender, or period).
Grade group | Gender | Months after disaster | ||||||||||||
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | F | P value | ||||||||||
After 8 months | After 20 months | After 30 months | ||||||||||||
M | SD | N | M | SD | N | M | SD | N | ||||||
Kindergartners | Boys | 15.1 | 12.5 | 119 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 111 | 15.8 | 13 | 95 | Gender ×Period | 0.021 | N.S. | |
Girls | 15.7 | 12.8 | 127 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 127 | 16.4 | 10.7 | 123 | Period | 2.415 | N.S. | ||
Gender | 0.64 | N.S. | ||||||||||||
1st–3rd grade | Boys | 17.4 | 12.8 | 1866 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 1632 | 15.8 | 12.5 | 1592 | Gender ×Period | 0.212 | N.S. | |
Girls | 18.2 | 12.8 | 1736 | 16.8 | 12.6 | 1581 | 16.4 | 12.7 | 1615 | Period | 16.18 | <0.0001 | ||
Gender | 5.721 | <0.05 | ||||||||||||
4th–6th grade | Boys | 19.6 | 14.4 | 1975 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 1792 | 18.7 | 14 | 1854 | Gender ×Period | 2.832 | N.S. | |
Girls | 21.7 | 14.7 | 1973 | 18.6 | 14 | 1798 | 19.5 | 13.9 | 1807 | Period | 27.5 | <0.0001 | ||
Gender | 20.06 | <0.0001 | ||||||||||||
7th–9th grade | Boys | 21.3 | 14.7 | 1979 | 19.5 | 14 | 1767 | 20 | 14.2 | 1893 | Gender ×Period | 0.555 | N.S. | |
Girls | 26 | 15.5 | 1864 | 23.7 | 14.8 | 1789 | 24.9 | 15.1 | 1833 | Period | 18.11 | <0.0001 | ||
Gender | 270.9 | <0.0001 |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; N, number of cases; N.S., not significant.