Table 1 Sample characteristics and gender comparisons
From: Validation of the Dutch version of the Multidimensional Adolescent Functioning Scale (MAFS)
Variables | Total sample (n = 297) | Male sample (n = 133) | Female sample (n = 264) | p-value for gender comparison | Type of test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education (low/medium); n & % | 78.0 | 19.6% | 14.0 | 10.5% | 64.0 | 24.2% | 0.005 | Chi-square |
Education (Middle); n & % | 74.0 | 18.6% | 27.0 | 20.3% | 47.0 | 17.8% | – | – |
Education (High); n & % | 245.0 | 61.7% | 37.0 | 27.8% | 85.0 | 32.2% | – | – |
Age in years (mean & sd) | 15.2 | 1.7 | 15.2 | 1.7 | 15.2 | 1.7 | 0.74 | t-test |
MAFS Total (mean & sd) | 79.0 | 6.7 | 77.9 | 6.6 | 79.5 | 6.7 | 0.05 | t-test |
MAFS Family (mean & sd) | 25.5 | 2.5 | 25.4 | 2.4 | 25.6 | 2.6 | 0.53 | t-test |
MAFS Peer (mean & sd) | 20.2 | 2.5 | 19.6 | 2.6 | 20.6 | 2.4 | < 0.001 | t-test |
MAFS General (mean & sd) | 32.9 | 3.6 | 32.7 | 3.6 | 33.1 | 3.7 | 0.36 | t-test |
GVSG Total (mean & sd) | 100.4 | 8.0 | 98.5 | 7.2 | 101.3 | 8.2 | 0.06 | t-test |
GVSG Parents (mean & sd) | 17.2 | 2.6 | 17.1 | 2.5 | 17.3 | 2.7 | 0.52 | t-test |
GVSG Friends (mean & sd) | 17.5 | 2.3 | 16.8 | 2.3 | 17.9 | 2.3 | < 0.001 | t-test |
SDQ Difficulties (mean & sd) | 10.6 | 4.8 | 10.3 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 5.0 | 0.46 | t-test |
SDQ Prosocial (mean & sd) | 8.3 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 1.3 | < 0.001 | t-test |
WHO total (mean & sd) | 19.7 | 4.7 | 20.4 | 4.3 | 19.4 | 4.8 | 0.04 | t-test |
Sick days (median & IQR) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.11 | M-W U-test |
School grade (mean & sd) | 7.0 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 0.7 | < 0.001 | t-test |
Happiness (mean & sd) | 7.5 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 0.11 | t-test |