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Table 3 Mean scores (M) and standard deviations (SD) of the Mexican school and delinquent sample (each subdivided) and associated effect size “ d”

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

 

Mexican sample

Swiss-German sample

 

School sample boys+girls age 12-19

Delinquent sample only boys age > =15

School subsample only boys age > =15

Delinquent subsample +borderline pathology

d *

School sample N = 305

PD-patients N = 20

N = 265

N = 41

N = 35

N = 14

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

Diffusion

92.92

119.93

94.80

125.21

0.84

65.87 (26.26)

129.75 (32.57)

Total score

(34.01)

(35.84)

(32.79)

(40.08)

1. Discontinuity

41.49

59.22

40.54

60.00

1.17

27.72 (11.49)

56.20 (14.74)

(16.21)

(14.33)

(16.86)

(16.85)

1.1 Attributes

15.35

21.73

15.43

21.21

0.79

12.95 (5.29)

20.75 (7.16)

(6.65)

(5.68)

(7.10)

(7.58)

1.2 Relationships

13.90

22.80

13.51

22.79

1.29

6.48 (4.78)

19.65 (6.82)

(7.85)

(5.71)

(7.59)

(6.77)

1.3 Emotional

12.24

14.68

11.60

16.00

0.68

8.30 (4.57)

15.80 (5.95)

(6.15)

(5.82)

(6.56)

(6.40)

2. Incoherence

51.43

60.71

54.26

65.21

0.46

38.15 (16.85)

73.55 (19.65)

(21.60)

(23.58)

(19.93)

(25.88)

2.1 consistency

17.00

21.20

19.17

21.21

0.22

12.65 (7.09)

30.95 (7.20)

(9.56)

(8.30)

(9.75)

(9.12)

2.2 Autonomy

20.38

22.54

21.60

24.00

0.26

15.21 (7.37)

24.30 (10.04)

(8.57)

(9.75)

(7.01)

(11.53)

2.3 Cognitive

14.05

16.98

13.49

20.00

0.94

10.29 (5.14)

18.30 (6.82)

(6.54)

(7.42)

(6.37)

(7.52)

  1. *= differences between school subsample and delinquent subsample.
  2. effect size d > 0.2 small, d > 0.5 medium, d > 0.8 big.