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. 2021 Jul 19;9:669958. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.669958

Table 4.

Self-reported psychiatric distress level in a sample of male adolescents according to psychosocial variable groups.

CG (n = 66) PSP (n = 5) PPA (n = 42) Difference between groups
M (SD)
(Min–Max)
M (SD)
(Min–Max)
M (SD)
(Min–Max)
Test-stat (H) p-value Post-hoc
Somatization 0.41 (0.4)
(0–2)
0.43 (0.31)
(0–1)
0.58 (0.63)
(0–3)
2.08 0.35
Obsessive compulsive behavior 0.77 (0.65)
(0–3)
1.07 (0.89)
(0–2)
1.13 (0.81)
(0–3)
5.77 0.06
Psychoticism 0.18 (0.33)
(0–1)
0.56 (1.04)
(0–2)
0.54 (0.8)
(0–4)
12.00 0.002 CG < PPA*
Depression 0.51 (0.67)
(0–3)
0.9 (1.32)
(0–3)
0.83 (0.84)
(0–4)
4.91 0.09
Interpersonal sensitivity 0.35 (0.55)
(0–2)
0.75 (1.13)
(0–3)
0.68 (0.82)
(0–4)
9.15 0.010 CG < PPA**
Hostility 0.57 (0.62)
(0–3)
0.72 (0.56)
(0–1)
0.96 (0.96)
(0–4)
5.76 0.06
Phobic anxiety 0.16 (0.4)
(0–2)
0.52 (0.36)
(0–1)
0.31 (0.69)
(0–4)
9.59 0.008 CG < PSP**
PPA < PSP*
Anxiety 0.43 (0.41)
(0–2)
0.79 (0.83)
(0–2)
0.85 (0.71)
(0–4)
11.99 0.002 CG < PPA**
paranoid ideation 0.47 (0.59)
(0–2.2)
1.61 (0.88)
(0–3.6)
0.95 (0.83)
(0–3.2)
12.07 0.002 CG < PPA**
GSI 0.44 (0.4)
(0–2)
1.03 (0.99)
(0–2)
0.80 (0.68)
(0–4)
10.31 0.006 CG < PPA**

CG, comparison group; PSP, adolescents reporting Parental Substance use Problems; PPA, adolescents reporting the experience of Physical or Psychological Abuse. M = Mean; SD = Standard Deviation.

*

p < 0.05 and

**

p < 0.01.