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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics Of and Significance Tests Between Participants Presenting with Symptoms by Low (n = 126) and High MA (n = 126)

From: Children's unique experience of depression: Using a developmental approach to predict variation in symptomatology

Depressive Symptom

Low MA

High MA

t

df

p

 

n-sym

M

SD

n-sym

M

SD

   

Depressed Mood

78

.63

.49

111

.87

.33

4.69*

222

<.0001

Worthlessness and Hopelessness

18

.14

.35

54

.43

.50

5.27*

226

<.0001

Feelings of Guilt

1

.01

.16

20

.16

.37

4.48*

140

<.0001

Suicidal Thoughts or Attempts

86

.68

.47

98

.78

.42

1.71*

247

.09

Irritability

110

.89

.32

74

.57

.50

6.05*

212

<.0001

Aggressive Behavior

115

.93

.26

82

.64

.48

6.01*

191

<.0001

Changes in Psychomotor Patterns

92

.75

.44

55

.42

.50

5.52*

246

<.0001

  1. Note: n-sym indicates the number of participants who had that particular symptom present (a score of 1).
  2. * indicates that t-test score was adjusted for equal variances not assumed, as determined by a Levene's test for Equality of Variances, p < .01.
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

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