Table 4.
Descriptive overview of SCL-90 scoresoverview of SCL-90 scores [means, SDs, and number and percentage of participants in different benchmark range (N = 31)]
| Descriptive data | Interpretative benchmarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Min | Max | Non-clinical | Borderline | Clinical | |
| Somatization | 0.78 ± 0.90 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 (29.0%) | 7 (22.6%) | 15 (48.4%) |
| Obsessive–compulsive | 1.32 ± 0.67 | 0.20 | 2.70 | 3 (16.1%) | 5 (16.1%) | 23 (74.2%) |
| Interpersonal sensitivity | 1.29 ± 0.98 | 0 | 3.54 | 6 (19.4%) | 2 (6.4%) | 23 (74.2%) |
| Depression | 1.24 ± 0.94 | 0.15 | 3.54 | 8 (25.8%) | 3 (9.7%) | 20 (64.5%) |
| Anxiety | 0.82 ± 0.63 | 0 | 3.67 | 8 (25.8%) | 4 (12.9%) | 19 (61.3%) |
| Hostility | 1.33 ± 1.04 | 0 | 3.67 | 5 (16.1%) | 5 (16.1%) | 21 (67.8%) |
| Phobic anxiety | 0.67 ± 0.77 | 0 | 2.86 | 7 (22.6%) | 2 (6.5%) | 22 (70.9%) |
| Paranoid ideation | 1.08 ± 0.85 | 0 | 3.83 | 6 (19.4%) | 2 (6.5%) | 23 (74.2%) |
| Psychoticism | 0.67 ± 0.67 | 0 | 2.60 | 13 (41.9%) | 8 (25.8%) | 10 (32.3%) |
| Global Severity Index | 1.02 ± 0.63 | 0.21 | 2.79 | 2 (6.5%) | 4 (12.9%) | 25 (80.6%) |
| Positive symptom total | 43.7 ± 18.13 | 13 | 79.0 | 1 (3.2%) | 3 (9.7%) | 27 (87.1%) |
| Positive Symptom Distress Index | 2.0 ± 0.62 | 1 | 3.35 | 7 (22.6%) | 9 (29.0%) | 15 (48.4%) |
Note. The classification of non-clinical (0–45), borderline (50–65), and clinical (70–99) was done using the male adolescents’ non-psychiatric t-scores. SCL-90: Symptom Checklist-90-R; SD: standard deviation.