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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: SSM Ment Health. 2022 Oct 17;2:100168. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100168

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.