Table 4.

Bivariate correlations of MAYSI-2 scales with conceptually parallel scales of youth self-report

	Total sample					Dutch					Moroccan					Antillean/Surinamese					Mixed
MAYSI-2\ YSR	AB	AD	SC	SD	TP	AB	AD	SC	SD	TP	AB	AD	SC	SD	TP	AB	AD	SC	SD	TP	AB	AD	SC	SD	TP
Angry-Irritable	.66*	.34*	.30*	.44*	.43*	.69*	.41*	.17	.45*	.33*	.68*	.24	.28*	.37*	.37*	.60*	.25	.34*	.43*	.51*	.53*	.30*	.35*	.37*	.44*
Depressed-Anxious	.35*	.58*	.41*	.51*	.46*	.47*	.63*	.33*	.56*	.47*	.37*	.60*	.47*	.49*	.55	.28*	.53*	.35*	.49*	.25	.23	.54*	.41*	.50*	.48*
Somatic Complaints	.24*	.42*	.50*	.29*	.36*	.18	.31*	.48*	.08	.23*	.30*	.43*	.49*	.31*	.55*	.23	.47*	.54*	.44*	.19	.18	.41*	.45*	.34*	.36*
Suicide Ideation	.16*	.30*	.21*	.36*	.29*	.15	.25	.28*	.33*	.28*	.00	.53*	.44*	.36*	.49*	.13	.32*	.18	.36*	.27	.14	.33*	.08	.36*	.23
Thought Disturbance	.28*	.37*	.35*	.35*	.49*	.29*	.44*	.37*	.30*	.48*	.24	.53*	.48*	.36*	.51*	.44*	.43*	.35*	.47*	.32*	.26*	.30*	.23	.41*	.54*

Based on n = 368 (Dutch n = 89; Moroccan: n = 103; Antillean/Surinamese: n = 76; Mixed: n = 100); YSR = Youth Self-Report; AB = Aggressive Behavior; AD = Anxious/ Depressed; SC = Somatic Complaints =; SD = Self-destructive Behaviour; TP = Thought Problems; Bold figures indicate correlations between conceptually ‘parallel’ scales; * significant at p ≤ 0.01 level (2-tailed)