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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Fam Stud. 2019 May 1;28:1236–1249. doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01367-y

Table 3.

Results of t-test and Descriptive Statistics for Key Study Variables by Race, Gender, and Grade

Race Gender Grade
African-American European American Boy Girl 1st,2nd,3rd grade 4th, 5th grade
M M t df M M t df M M t df
(SD) (SD) (SD) (SD) (SD) (SD)
Individualistic 2.65 2.14 3.35** 216 2.46 2.26 1.29 216 2.54 2.02 3.25** 216
Value (1.19) (1.07) (1.17) (1.12) (1.15) (1.08)
Collectivistic 3.69 3.74 −.38 217 3.66 3.76 −.93 171.63 3.63 3.86 −2.04* 217
Value (.87) (.75) (.94) (.66) (.81) (.76)
SDQ-Conduct 1.54 1.33 3.54** 159.87 1.52 1.34 3.24** 207 1.42 1.42 −.15 207
Problems (.45) (.36) (.44) (.37) (.40) (.43)
SDQ-Emotional 1.66 1.51 2.01* 170.19 1.56 1.58 −.21 213 1.60 1.52 1.22 192.07
Symptoms (.55) (.45) (.49) (.50) (.53) (.43)
Russo et al- 1.15 .61 2.96** 173 1.17 .57 3.08** 108.69 .84 .82 .14 173
Problem Behavior (.122) (1.18) (1.54) (.81) (1.11) (1.39)
SDQ- Prosocial 2.37 2.64 - 147.38 2.43 2.60 −2.52* 176.78 2.52 2.53 −.15 212
Behavior (.55) (.37) 3.98*** (.53) (.41) (.50) (.45)

Note. Coding was as follows: (0 = boy, 1 = girl), grade (0 = 1st – 3rd, 1 = 4th – 5th), and race-ethnicity (0 = African American, 1 = European American).

***

p < .001.

**

p < .01.

*

p < .05