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) | – | – | – | – |