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. 2016 Oct 27;12(4):841–866. doi: 10.1007/s11482-016-9492-5

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics of positive youth development variables across 6 waves (individual constructs)

Mean (SD) Reliability
Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
BO 4.70 (.88) 4.62 (.87) 4.62 (.83) 4.70 (.77) 4.68 (.74) 4.72 (.74) .74 .76 .78 .77 .77 .78
RE 4.64 (.91) 4.59 (.87) 4.62 (.82) 4.61 (.79) 4.60 (.78) 4.60 (.77) .79 .81 .81 .81 .82 .83
SC 4.74 (.89) 4.68 (.87) 4.64 (.82) 4.65 (.78) 4.65 (.77) 4.65 (.76) .86 .88 .88 .88 .88 .88
PB 4.33 (.98) 4.23 (.94) 4.21 (.89) 4.30 (.82) 4.25 (.83) 4.31 (.81) .76 .77 .78 .79 .81 .81
EC 4.26 (.95) 4.30 (.88) 4.32 (.85) 4.38 (.79) 4.36 (.80) 4.38 (.78) .73 .74 .75 .74 .77 .78
CC 4.32 (.91) 4.36 (.85) 4.39 (.80) 4.43 (.75) 4.40 (.73) 4.47 (.72) .81 .83 .84 .82 .82 .82
BC 4.54 (.83) 4.51 (.79) 4.51 (.74) 4.54 (.69) 4.51 (.70) 4.56 (.69) .71 .76 .76 .74 .73 .74
MC 4.37 (.91) 4.41 (.85) 4.46 (.81) 4.49 (.80) 4.50 (.75) 4.55 (.74) .73 .75 .74 .75 .70 .70
SD 4.47 (.89) 4.43 (.85) 4.43 (.81) 4.41 (.78) 4.37 (.76) 4.41 (.76) .75 .77 .77 .77 .77 .79
SE 4.35 (.93) 4.35 (.91) 4.40 (.86) 4.40 (.83) 4.37 (.81) 4.43 (.79) .65 .66 .64 .64 .61 .61
SI 4.09 (1.03) 4.08 (1.00) 4.10 (.95) 4.11 (.91) 4.10 (.88) 4.16 (.88) .78 .80 .80 .80 .79 .79
BF 4.39 (1.05) 4.30 (1.04) 4.25 (1.02) 4.16 (.99) 4.08 (.96) 4.12 (.95) .84 .85 .85 .83 .79 .78
PI 4.37 (1.04) 4.29 (.98) 4.33 (.93) 4.33 (.89) 4.31 (.86) 4.40 (.88) .80 .82 .83 .82 .81 .83
PN 4.64 (.96) 4.54 (.93) 4.51 (.88) 4.56 (.86) 4.52 (.84) 4.53 (.81) .72 .72 .69 .72 .69 .68
SP 5.14 (1.32) 5.01 (1.29) 5.01 (1.26) 4.96 (1.23) 4.92 (1.24) 4.95 (1.23) .88 .89 .90 .92 .91 .92

BO Bonding, RE Resilience, SC Social Competence, PB Recognition for Positive Behavior, EC Emotional Competence, CC Cognitive Competence, BC Behavioral Competence, MC Moral Competence, SD Self-Determination, SE Self-Efficacy, SI Clear and Positive Identity, BF Beliefs in the Future, PI Prosocial Involvement, PN Prosocial Norms, SP Spirituality