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Table 1 Comparisons between the clinic and community samples for the emotional and behavioural difficulties scales

From: Clinical validity of the Me and My School questionnaire: a self-report mental health measure for children and adolescents

Scale

Sample

Mean (SD)

Mean comparisons

Area under the curve (95% CI)

Emotional difficulties

Clinic

8.65 (4.06)

t = -7.87***

.79 (.73-.86)

Community

4.40 (3.14)

d = 1.17

Behavioural difficulties

Clinic

5.13 (2.74)

t = -7.58***

.78 (.71-.84)

Community

2.42 (2.05)

d = 1.12

  1. Note. ***p < .001.