Table 2 Life events (previous 12 months) reported by the study sample.
Type of life events | Number of life events (in the last 12 months) | Life Change Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys (N = 204) | Girls (N = 219) | Boys (N = 204) | Girls (N = 219) | |||
Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | P value* | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | P value* | |
Overall | 5.33 (0.35) | 5.68 (0.37) | 0.98 | 127.2 (8.15) | 139.2 (8.04) | 0.88 |
Desirable | 3.12 (0.22) | 3.46 (0.23) | 0.98 | 65.86 (4.42) | 75.92 (4.86) | 0.64 |
Undesirable | 1.97 (0.20) | 2.05 (0.20) | 0.98 | 55.10 (5.02) | 59.37 (4.78) | 0.92 |
Family | 0.91 (0.11) | 0.9 (0.09) | 0.98 | 28.46 (3.82) | 28.93 (3.20) | 0.92 |
Extrafamily | 4.37 (0.32) | 4.74 (0.35) | 0.98 | 97.95 (6.86) | 108.9 (6.84) | 0.88 |