From: Screening for substance use and mental health problems in a cross-sectoral sample of Canadian youth
Totalb | Malea,b | Femalea,b | Male vs. female | Ordinal alpha | |||||
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M | SD | Median | M | SD | M | SD | p | ||
1. Internalizing disorder | 1.77 | 0.88 | 2.0 | 1.54 | 0.88 | 1.96 | 0.83 | <.001 | .87 |
2. Externalizing disorder | 1.52 | 0.73 | 1.6 | 1.54 | 0.72 | 1.49 | 0.73 | .08 | .77 |
3. Substance problem | 1.16 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 1.32 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.99 | <.001 | .95 |
4. Crime/violence | 0.79 | 0.67 | 0.6 | 0.94 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.62 | <.001 | .80 |
5. Additional items | – | ||||||||
5a. Missing meals or throwing up | 0.62 | 1.06 | 0.0 | 0.28 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 1.18 | <.001 | – |
5b. Binge eating | 0.68 | 1.11 | 0.0 | 0.35 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 1.22 | <.001 | – |
5c. Disturbing memories or dreams | 1.49 | 1.28 | 2.0 | 1.21 | 1.26 | 1.72 | 1.24 | <.001 | – |
5d. Thinking people are watching you | 1.18 | 1.25 | 1.0 | 1.05 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 1.25 | <.001 | – |
5e. Seeing or hearing things that no one else could see or hear | 0.57 | 1.04 | 0.0 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.63 | 1.07 | .004 | – |
5f. Videogame playing or internet use | 0.67 | 1.06 | 0.0 | 0.72 | 1.07 | 0.62 | 1.03 | .014 | – |
5g. Gambling | 0.10 | 0.44 | 0.0 | 0.12 | 0.49 | 0.07 | 0.37 | .009 | – |
Total score—20 item original version | 1.31 | 0.62 | 1.25 | 1.33 | 0.62 | 1.28 | 0.62 | .022 | .89 |
Total score—27 item extended version | 1.16 | 0.57 | 1.12 | 1.15 | 0.55 | 1.17 | 0.58 | .224 | .90 |