Reflective functioning and emotion regulation in adolescents with a history of sexual offending: a comparative study with a non-offending control group

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for study variables and group comparisons

Measures		Groups						Group comparisons			Observed power
		NO (n = 60)			SO (n = 60)			Group comparisons
		Mean (SD)	α	MIC	Mean (SD)	α	MIC	F	p	η_p²
RFQ-Y	Total score	7.09 (1.15)	0.86	0.21	6.21 (0.39)	0.75	0.11	31.87	< 0.001	0.21	1.00
ERQ-CA
	Cognitive Reappraisal	20.15 (3.06)	0.72	0.32	18.75 (3.50)	0.75	0.34	5.44	0.02	0.04	0.64
	Expressive Suppression	11.95 (3.03)	0.66	0.25	13.98 (2.55)	0.69	0.27	15.81	< 0.001	0.12	0.98
DERS
	Goals	13.57 (4.39)	0.77	0.41	17.18 (3.93)	0.76	0.40	22.63	< 0.001	0.16	1.00
	Impulse	13.07 (4.29)	0.81	0.44	17.42 (4.57)	0.75	0.33	28.89	< 0.001	0.20	1.00
	Non-acceptance	12.93 (4.71)	0.67	0.26	15.23 (5.01)	0.73	0.23	6.72	0.011	0.05	0.73
	Awareness	15.17 (4.20)	0.66	0.25	17.93 (4.66)	0.72	0.30	11.67	< 0.001	0.09	0.92
	Strategies	16.13 (5.42)	0.77	0.31	19.27 (4.29)	0.79	0.29	12.33	< 0.001	0.09	0.94
	Clarity	10.08 (3.84)	0.82	0.48	13.20 (4.29)	0.75	0.38	17.56	< 0.001	0.13	0.99

Note. NO = non-offending adolescents; SO = adolescents who committed sexual offenses; SD = Standard deviation; RFQ-Y = Reflective Function Questionnaire for Youth; DERS = Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; ERQ-CA = Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents; α = Chrobach’s Alpha; MIC = Mean Inter-Item Correlation

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