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Table 2 Paired t-test of the means of SDQ scores for 4986 schoolchildren with complete information rated by three informants

From: Prevalence of mental health problems in Chinese schoolchildren: The influence of measuring impact score and combining information from multiple informants

  Student Parent Teacher
Liaoning Shanghai [33] UK [34] Liaoning Shanghai [33] UK [34] Liaoning Shanghai [33] UK [34]
Emotional symptoms 2.52 ± 2.24 2.3 2.8 1.88 ± 1.91 1.76 1.83 1.66 ± 1.83 1.81 1.75
Conduct problems 2.63 ± 1.40 2.16 2.2 1.31 ± 1.30 1.53 1.5 1.44 ± 1.63 1.47 1.68
Hyperactivity 3.18 ± 2.16 3.32 3.8 3.21 ± 2.21 3.77 2.3 3.18 ± 2.43 3.63 2.72
Peer problems 2.64 ± 1.56 2.85 1.5 2.77 ± 1.60 2.72 1.62 2.90 ± 1.64 2.67 1.78
Prosocial behavior 7.70 ± 1.83 7.32 8 7.50 ± 1.94 7.13 2.07 6.94 ± 2.39 6.99 2.55
Total problem 10.96 ± 5.04 10.6 10.3 9.16 ± 4.77 9.77 5 9.17 ± 5.58 9.58 5.77
Impact score 0.52 ± 1.22 0.2 0.26 ± 0.83 0.4 0.25 ± 0.80 0.4
  1. –: no data
  2. For each row, italic values indicate no significant difference based on a t-test; all other values are significantly different
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