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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 5.

Mean scores on Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale (DBDRS) – Conduct 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 = 238 Case n = 92 p Non-case n = 131 Case n = 61 p Non-case n = 106 Case n = 30 p
DBDRS-9 Bullied, threatened Yes 0.35 0.17 *** 0.18 0.51 *** 0.26 0.56 *** 0.09 0.43 ***
DBDRS-10 Initiated fights Yes 0.39 0.32 0.29 0.57 *** 0.27 0.66 *** 0.30 0.40
DBDRS-11 Weapon Yes 0.19 0.25 0.14 0.40 *** 0.09 0.39 *** 0.20 0.43 **
DBDRS-12 Physically cruel ppl Yes 0.17 0.17 0.11 0.32 *** 0.10 0.33 *** 0.13 0.30 *
DBDRS-13 Physically cruel animals 0.15 0.26 ** 0.16 0.28 ** 0.09 0.28 *** 0.24 0.33
DBDRS-14 Robbery w/confrontation Yes 0.10 0.10 0.05 0.25 *** 0.05 0.23 *** 0.05 0.30 ***
DBDRS-15 Forced sex Yes 0.07 0.01 *** 0.01 0.13 *** 0.02 0.18 *** 0 0.03
DBDRS-16 Fire setting 0.02 0.07 0.03 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.13 *
DBDRS-17 Destroyed property Yes 0.15 0.10 0.08 0.26 *** 0.06 0.34 *** 0.10 0.10
DBDRS-18 Broken into 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.07 0.03 0.08 * 0.04 0.03
DBDRS-19 Cons others Yes 0.47 0.56 0.43 0.72 *** 0.37 0.70 *** 0.49 0.80 ***
DBDRS-20 Robbery w/o confrontation 0.25 0.36 ** 0.21 0.51 *** 0.13 0.52 *** 0.32 0.50 *
DBDRS-21 Stays out Yes 0.48 0.38 0.39 0.59 *** 0.39 0.70 *** 0.38 0.40
DBDRS-22 Run away Yes 0.21 0.12 ** 0.11 0.34 *** 0.11 0.43 *** 0.10 0.17
DBDRS-23 Truant Yes 0.35 0.11 *** 0.15 0.51 *** 0.18 0.69 *** 0.09 0.17
CD-full 15 items 3.4 3.0 ns 2.4 5.5 *** 2.2 6.1 *** 2.6 4.5 ***
CD-cut 11 items 2.9 2.3 ** 1.9 4.6 *** 1.9 5.2 *** 1.9 3.5 ***
CD Cases 32% 22% **
*

p < 0.20.

**

p < 0.05.

***

p < 0.01.