Table 2: YSR Syndromes Scales Stratified by Sex and Serious Suicidal Expressions Among Adolescents in a School Sample in León, Nicaragua
| ITEMS |
BOYS |
GIRLS |
| Serious Suicidal Expressions n=40 |
No Serious Suicidal Expression n=148 |
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Serious Suicidal Expressions n=52 |
No Serious Suicidal Expression n=128 |
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| Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
t |
p |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
t |
p |
| YSR Syndrome Scales |
| Anxious/Depressed |
5.8 |
2.8 |
3.9 |
2.3 |
4.4 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
2.9 |
4.5 |
2.6 |
5.6 |
0.00 |
| Withdrawn |
4.8 |
1.8 |
3.7 |
1.8 |
3.4 |
0.00 |
4.5 |
2.2 |
3.9 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
0.07 |
| Somatic Complaints |
3.8 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
0.03 |
5.0 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
2.0 |
3.4 |
0.00 |
| Social problems |
5.6 |
2.4 |
4.1 |
2.3 |
3.6 |
0.00 |
5.2 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
0.00 |
| Thought problems |
3.7 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
0.00 |
3.2 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
3.2 |
0.00 |
| Attention problems |
5.1 |
2.0 |
4.3 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
0.05 |
5.1 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
0.00 |
| Delinquent behaviour |
6.5 |
2.9 |
4.5 |
2.7 |
4.0 |
0.00 |
4.2 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
0.00 |
| Aggressive behaviour |
8.6 |
2.9 |
6.3 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
0.00 |
7.8 |
3.2 |
5.8 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
0.00 |
| Internalizing |
14.6 |
6.4 |
10.5 |
5.4 |
4.0 |
0.00 |
16.6 |
6.6 |
12.2 |
5.6 |
4.5 |
0.00 |
| Externalizing |
15.2 |
5.3 |
10.9 |
5.9 |
4.1 |
0.00 |
12.1 |
5.2 |
8.4 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
0.00 |