Table 1.
Descriptive Data and Internal Reliability of Measures
| Girls | Boys | |||||
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| M | SD | α | M | SD | α | |
| 2nd grade victimization | 1.91 | .54 | .93 | 1.90 | .52 | .92 |
| 3rd grade victimization | 1.84 | .53 | .95 | 1.85 | .55 | .95 |
| 4th grade victimization | 1.75 | .49 | .94 | 1.83 | .55 | .95 |
| 5th grade victimization | 1.72 | .52 | .95 | 1.71 | .49 | .95 |
| 6th grade victimizationa | 1.58 | .47 | .95 | 1.67 | .46 | .94 |
| 2nd grade effortful engagement | 3.98 | .54 | .80 | 3.89 | .57 | .80 |
| 3rd grade effortful engagement | 3.84 | .51 | .83 | 3.79 | .54 | .83 |
| 4th grade effortful engagement | 3.97 | .58 | .85 | 3.88 | .60 | .85 |
| 5th grade effortful engagement | 4.01 | .66 | .86 | 3.94 | .58 | .86 |
| 6th grade effortful engagement | 4.08 | .70 | .85 | 4.01 | .64 | .88 |
| 2nd grade effortful disengagement | 1.89 | .45 | .65 | 1.92 | .47 | .68 |
| 3rd grade effortful disengagement | 2.32 | .36 | .75 | 2.29 | .38 | .79 |
| 4th grade effortful disengagement | 2.21 | .35 | .79 | 2.22 | .39 | .79 |
| 5th grade effortful disengagement | 2.21 | .36 | .80 | 2.17 | .36 | .74 |
| 6th grade effortful disengagement | 2.17 | .33 | .80 | 2.15 | .36 | .80 |
| 2nd grade involuntary engagement | 2.32 | .40 | .76 | 2.36 | .42 | .70 |
| 3rd grade involuntary engagement | 2.22 | .38 | .82 | 2.24 | .39 | .79 |
| 4th grade involuntary engagement | 2.20 | .39 | .84 | 2.24 | .40 | .80 |
| 5th grade involuntary engagement | 2.20 | .41 | .85 | 2.23 | .38 | .82 |
| 6th grade involuntary engagement | 2.19 | .42 | .89 | 2.22 | .41 | .83 |
| 2nd grade involuntary disengagement | 1.83 | .34 | .72 | 1.84 | .38 | .71 |
| 3rd grade involuntary disengagement | 1.67 | .31 | .74 | 1.71 | .34 | .75 |
| 4th grade involuntary disengagement | 1.62 | .32 | .81 | 1.67 | .35 | .81 |
| 5th grade involuntary disengagement | 1.59 | .38 | .83 | 1.65 | .35 | .80 |
| 6th grade involuntary disengagement | 1.55 | .35 | .87 | 1.60 | .34 | .83 |
Differs across sex at p < .05.