Table 1.

Participant characteristics.

	Overall	Girls	Boys	Statistical
	N = 685	N = 368	N = 317	Comparison girls vs boys
Age, mean (s.d.)	14.48 (0.46)	14.49 (0.45)	14.47 (0.45)	t = 0.58*
PDS score, mean (s.d.)	2.89 (0.55)	3.19 (0.38)	2.25 (0.51)	t = 18.35 ***
‘Distress’a score, mean (s.d.)	0.29 (0.17)	0.29 (0.18)	0.28 (0.16)	t = 1.03*
‘Accident’a score, mean (s.d.)	0.54 (0.26)	0.54 (0.26)	0.53 (0.27)	t = 0.50*
‘Family’a score, mean (s.d.)	0.24 (0.22)	0.25 (0.22)	0.22 (0.22)	t = 1.58*
Handedness, right handers (N)	612	336	277	χ2 = 2.89*

PDS, pubertal developmental status.

^aSubscales of the Life Event Questionnaire.

^*P > 0.05.

^***P < 0.001.