Table 4.
Mean scores on Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale (DBDRS) – Oppositional Defiant Disorder subscale by language and clinical caseness (N = 328).
| Item | English item | Keep | t-tests by language | t-tests by caseness (combined) | t-tests by caseness (Hausa) | t-tests by caseness (Pidgin) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hausa n = 194 | Pidgin n = 136 | p | Non-case n = 271 | Case n = 59 | p | Non-case n = 159 | Case n = 33 | p | Non-case n = 111 | Case n = 25 | p | |||
| DBDRS-1 | Loses temper | Yes | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | ** | 2.0 | 2.2 | * | 1.9 | 2.4 | ** | |
| DBDRS-2 | Argues with adults | Yes | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | *** | 1.6 | 1.8 | * | 1.5 | 2.0 | ** | |
| DBDRS-3 | Defies adults | 2.2 | 2.9 | *** | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | ** | |||
| DBDRS-4 | Annoys people | Yes | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | ** | 1.4 | 1.9 | *** | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| DBDRS-5 | Blames others | Yes | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | *** | 1.3 | 1.9 | *** | 1.5 | 1.8 | * | |
| DBDRS-6 | Easily annoyed | Yes | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | *** | 2.1 | 2.5 | ** | 2.0 | 2.4 | * | |
| DBDRS-7 | Angry/resentful | Yes | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | ** | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | ** | ||
| DBDRS-8 | Vindictive | Yes | 1.6 | 1.3 | *** | 1.5 | 1.7 | ** | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | *** | |
| ODD-full | 8 items | 14.6 | 15.0 | ns | 14.3 | 16.7 | *** | 14.1 | 16.5 | *** | 14.6 | 17.0 | *** | |
| ODD-cut | 7 items | 12.4 | 12.1 | ns | 11.8 | 14.3 | *** | 10.3 | 12.5 | *** | 10.3 | 12.7 | *** | |
| ODD Cases | 17% | 18% | ns | |||||||||||
p < 0.20.
p < 0.05.
p < 0.01.