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Table 2 Mean score (M) differences with associated effect sizes “ d” concerning gender (girls N = 119, boys N = 146) and age group (12-14 N = 172, 15-18 N = 93)

From: Psychometric properties of a culture-adapted Spanish version of AIDA (Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence) in Mexico

 

Gender differences

   

Age differences

   
 

Girls

Boys

  

12-14

15-19

  
 

M (SD)

M (SD)

p*1

d*2

M (SD)

M (SD)

p*1

d*2

Diffusion

86.31

100.98

.000***

0.45

97.85

83,96

.001***

0.41

Total score

(36.00)

(29.66)

  

(31.26)

(37.04)

1. Discontinuity

38.56 (16.77)

45.07 (14.58)

.001***

0.41

44.33 (14.06)

36.33 (18.29)

.000***

0.49

1.1 Attributes

14.56 (6.98)

16.32 (6.11)

.033*

0.27

16.03 (5.93)

14.13 (7.67)

.027*

0.28

1.2 Relationships

12.38 (7.90)

15.75 (7.49)

.000***

0.44

15.17 (7.39)

11.59 (8.17)

.000***

0.46

1.3 Emotional

11.62 (6.31)

12.99 (5.88)

.072

0.22

13.13 (5.78)

10.61 (6.50)

.001***

0.41

2. Incoherence

47.76 (22.99)

55.92 (18.92)

.002**

0.39

53.53 (21.07)

47.62 (22.15)

.034*

0.27

2.1 Consistency

15.20 (10.08)

19.20 (8.41)

.001***

0.43

17.57 (9.24)

15.97 (10.07)

.193

0.16

2.2 Autonomy

19.33 (9.21)

21.66 (7.57)

.028*

0.28

21.23 (8.38)

18.84 (8.74)

.030*

0.28

2.3 Cognitive

13.22 (6.71)

15.05 (6.20)

.024*

0.28

14.72 (6.38)

12.82 (6.69)

.024*

0.29

  1. *1: Significance p * = 5%, ** = 1%, *** = 0.1% level.
  2. *2: effect size d > 0.2 small, d > 0.5 medium, d > 0.8 big.
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

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