Table 2.

Scores for Non-Problem and Problem Talk and Responses to Friends’ Problem Statements for Seventh and Tenth Graders

	Seventh Graders		Tenth Graders		F Value	Effect Size
	M (SD)	Range	M (SD)	Range
Friend-Problem Statements	15.46 (13.86)	0-85	29.10 (25.27)	1-138	41.93***	.67
Own-Problem Statements	29.89 (31.86)	0-217	51.46 (44.24)	1-418	24.95***	.56
Non-Problem Statements	158.83 (48.05)	34-303	132.73 (56.63)	6-288	23.52***	−.50
Engaged Responses
Support/Agree	2.92 (4.53)	0-32	6.46 (7.47)	0-41	21.60***	.57
Question	2.87 (3.63)	0-27	4.72 (5.03)	0-39	12.36***	.42
Related Experience	1.07 (2.34)	0-15	2.15 (4.53)	0-51	2.87	.30
Information/opinion	4.23 (6.07)	0-40	7.99 (8.61)	0-52	15.86***	.50
Acknowledge/Prompt	1.95 (2.53)	0-18	2.92 (3.40)	0-21	16.48***	.32
Advice Giving	.62 (1.64)	0-17	1.31 (3.55)	0-36	6.28*	.25
Negative Responses
Changing Subject	3.85 (5.08)	0-39	4.52 (6.89)	0-81	1.60	.11
Minimize/Non-support	.68 (1.86)	0-14	.99 (3.36)	0-36	.05	.11
Silence/No Response	.14 (.52)	0-5	.16 (.57)	0-5	.00	.04
Humor Responses
Humor	.37 (.93)	0-7	.68 (1.45)	0-9	.38	.25
Girls	.51 (1.15)	0-7	.43 (.98)	0-8	.49	−.07
Boys	.22 (.57)	0-4	.97 (1.80)	0-9	22.61***	.57

Notes.

^*p < .05.

^***p < .001.