Table 1.

Means and standard deviations of symptoms of anxiety and depression by gender

	Total Sample		Boys		Girls		Gender Difference
Variable	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t–value
T1 (n=524)
DEP	4.79	4.14	4.42	3.66	5.08	4.48	−1.87
PH	8.12	5.00	7.66	4.78	8.50	5.16	−1.95
SO	8.89	4.75	8.06	7.72	9.57	4.67	−3.68***
SA	7.03	4.03	6.39	3.81	7.55	4.14	−3.36***
T2 (n=510)
DEP	4.28	4.02	3.92	3.80	4.56	4.16	−1.83
PH	7.02	4.75	6.51	4.56	7.42	4.82	−2.17*
SO	7.91	4.75	6.85	4.29	8.743	4.94	−4.59***
SA	6.30	3.84	5.70	3.47	6.76	4.05	−3.17**
T3 (n=420)
DEP	3.77	4.00	3.37	3.26	4.08	4.47	−1.98*
PH	6.94	5.08	6.20	4.51	7.49	5.41	−2.62**
SO	8.22	4.89	7.28	4.54	8.89	5.02	−3.36***
SA	5.71	3.44	5.25	3.15	6.04	3.62	−2.33*
T4 (n=433)
DEP	4.15	4.26	3.54	3.33	4.61	4.79	−2.74**
PH	6.75	5.51	6.02	4.80	7.30	5.94	−2.49*
SO	7.92	5.22	6.83	4.82	8.73	5.38	−3.86***
SA	5.04	3.55	4.27	3.18	5.61	3.70	−4.05***

Note. Gender = male (1) or female (−1). DEP: depression; PH: physical symptoms; SO: social anxiety; SA: separation anxiety

^*Significant at the .05 level, 2-sided independent samples t-test;

^**Significant at the .01 level, 2-sided independent samples t-test;

^***Significant at the .001 level, 2-sided independent samples t-test.