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Table 3 Gender differences in the CPSS and HSCL scores of 75 unaccompanied young asylum seekers

From: Development of mental health problems - a follow-up study of unaccompanied refugee minors

Scale

M change boys (SD)

M change girls (SD)

t-value

95% CI of difference

p-value

Effect size d

HSCL Tot

1.13 (16.89)

6.33 (13.75)

-1.001

-15.55 to 5.15

.320

-0.31

HSCL Int

1.47 (14.98)

5.58 (10.90)

-.904

-2.71 to 1.50

.379

-0.28

HSCL Ext

0.15 (3.26)

0.75 (3.79)

-.571

-13.19 to 4.96

.570

-0.18

CPSS Tot

0.72 (9.78)

1.25 (10.76)

-.167

-6.82 to 5.77

.868

-0.05

CPSS Rexp

-0.24 (4.49)

-1.08 (4.46)

.592

-1.99 to 3.68

.556

0.04

CPSS Hyper

0.16 (3.40)

1.92 (2.81)

-1.679

-3.86 to 0.33

.098

-0.53

CPSS Avoid

0.82 (4.52)

0.42 (6.50)

.262

-2.70 to 3.51

.794

0.01

  1. Note. HSCL = Hopkins Symptom Checklist 37A. Tot = Total. Ext = Externalizing scale. Int = Internalizing scale. Anx = Anxiety scale. Dep = Depression scale. CPSS = Child PTSD Symptom Scale. Reexp = Re-experience subscale. Hyper = Hyperarousal subscale. Avoid = Avoidance subscale.