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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample

From: Psychosocial stressors and protective factors for major depression in youth: evidence from a case–control study

 

Youths with MD

(n = 100)

TD youth

(n = 101)

p

Age (M, SD)

15.21 (1.65)

15.52 (2.15)

.261

Age range

10–17

10–18

 

Sex (m/f)

24/76

25/76

.901

Depressive symptomsa

 BDI-II sum score (M, SD)

29.67 (13.77)

n.a.

 

 DIKJ T-value (M, SD)

68.00 (10.54)

n.a.

 
  1. Sociodemographic factors were conceptualized as stressors and are depicted in Table 2
  2. MD major depression, TD typically developing, M Mean, SD Standard deviation, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II, DIKJ Depression Inventory for Children and Adolescents
  3. aYouths ≤ 12 years filled in the DIKJ, youths > 12 years filled in the BDI-II
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

ISSN: 1753-2000