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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2014 Dec;50(12):2715–2726. doi: 10.1037/a0038096

Table 1.

Descriptive Data for Behavior Problems by Sex

Replicate 1 Girls Boys Sex difference
effect size



Mean (SD) Range N Mean (SD) Range N d
Externalizing
problems
5.88 (7.09) 0–59.00 290 7.05 (8.03) 0–44.00 289 −.15
Internalizing
problems
6.30 (6.75) 0–40.00 290 5.07 (5.56) 0–25.00 289 .20*
Depression 1.51 (.44) 1.00–3.35 250 1.42 (.34) 1.00–2.85 244 .23**
Drug symptom
counts
.06 (1.10) −.93–6.26 315 .03 (1.15) −1.14–4.91 307 .03
Conduct
disorder
1.73 (2.48) 0–18.00 320 3.18 (3.55) 0–18.00 321 −.47***
Age at first sex 16.60 (2.45) 11.00–26.00 192 16.57 (2.02) 11.00–23.00 190 .01
Replicate 2 Girls Boys Sex difference
effect size



Mean (SD) Range N Mean (SD) Range N d
Externalizing
problems
6.60 (7.14) 0–44.00 284 8.24 (8.95) 0–64.00 287 −.20*
Internalizing
problems
6.64 (6.35) 0–29.00 284 5.32 (5.98) 0–36.00 287 .21*
Depression 1.50 (.38) 1.00–3.15 246 1.48 (.38) 1.00–2.75 225 .05
Drug symptom
counts
.07 (1.15) −.94–4.78 307 .14 (1.20) −1.04–5.68 296 −.06
Conduct
disorder
1.69 (2.24) 0–13.00 313 3.07 (3.45) 0–21.00 320 −.47***
Age at first sex 16.58 (2.19) 12.00–24.00 171 16.35 (1.99) 11.00–24.00 191 .11

Note. Sex differences tested by independent samples t-test,

p< .10,

*

p< .05,

**

p< .01,

***

p< .001.