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. 2015 Nov 13;129(3):1291–1318. doi: 10.1007/s11205-015-1170-8

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of key variables and internal consistency coefficients of scales (Waves 1–4)

Mean (SD) Reliability
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4
Family functioning 3.73 (.81) 3.65 (.81) 3.65 (.79) 3.66 (.77) .90 .90 .90 .91
Positive youth development 4.51 (.70) 4.43 (.69) 4.44 (.65) 4.45 (.62) .96 .96 .96 .96
Delinquent behavior
 Overall .39 (.47) .47 (.58) .46 (.55) .48 (.54) .70 .76 .72 .69
 Male .43 (.51) .52 (.60) .52 (.60) .55 (.60)
 Female .35 (.42) .43 (.55) .39 (.46) .39 (.46)
 NOT receiving CSSA .39 (.46) .47 (.56) .46 (.51) .47 (.52)
 Receiving CSSA .41 (.42) .53 (.63) .50 (.63) .56 (.61)
 Intact families .37 (.46) .45 (.57) .43 (.48) .46 (.54)
 Non-intact families .48 (.52) .56 (.60) .60 (.78) .52 (.56)
  Divorced but not remarried .44 (.47) .57 (.66) .50 (.50) .47 (.48)
  Separated but not remarried .44 (.37) .54 (.50) .60 (.73) .51 (.45)
  Remarried .51 (.52) .51 (.42) .53 (.47) .51 (.47)
  Others .53 (.66) .57 (.54) .54 (.44) .63 (.60)