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Table 4 Psychosocial Variables of three groups at time 1

From: Frequency, stability and differentiation of self-reported school fear and truancy in a community sample

 

Students with

School Fear

(N = 57)

(1)

Students with

Truancy

(N = 41)

(2)

Controls

(N = 48)

(3)

F

(df = 2)

p

Post hoc

tests

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

   

Life events

56.2

11.8

54.2

10.4

53.0

8.8

1.06

n.s.

 

Life events impact

42.9

13.4

47.6

10.3

47.4

9.2

2.43

n.s.

 

Self-esteem

42.9

11.5

49.0

11.0

51.4

8.7

9.11

<.001

1<2,3

Self-awareness

53.4

10.9

50.2

7.2

50.1

9.3

1.13

n.s.

 

Maternal acceptance

47.9

11.2

47.7

10.3

50.3

10.9

.43

n.s.

 

Maternal rejection

53.9

11.8

51.8

11.9

49.3

9.1

.92

n.s.

 

Maternal control

49.8

9.7

47.4

11.4

49.2

9.4

.98

n.s.

 

Paternal acceptance

48.4

11.8

48.0

10.7

48.5

12.7

.08

n.s.

 

Paternal rejection

52.1

10.8

50.8

10.6

50.1

11.2

.16

n.s.

 

Paternal control

48.4

10.8

47.6

10.4

49.7

8.4

.97

n.s

 

Competition among pupils

55.9

11.6

51.3

9.8

52.2

9.8

3.12

.05

 

Control by the teacher

54.8

12.3

53.7

9.0

50.3

9.2

2.10

n.s.

 

Performance stress

55.4

11.2

52.5

8.2

49.9

10.2

4.38

.01

1>3

Possibility to participate

45.3

10.7

47.0

9.4

50.1

10.8

3.02

.05

1<3

Peer acceptance

44.5

11.6

52.4

7.3

49.5

11.2

7.53

.001

1<2

 

WILKS LAMBDA

F

df

p

     

Life events

.957

1.49

4; 272

n.s.

     

Self-related cognitions

.878

4.67

4; 276

.001

     

Maternal behaviour

.968

.76

6; 276

n.s.

     

Paternal behaviour

.977

.53

6; 274

n.s.

     

School environment

.825

2.73

10; 270

.003