Table 2 CBCL and TRF syndrome scales, internalizing and externalizing problems by gender
| Â | CBCL | TRF | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female (n = 72) | Male (n = 489) | P | Effect size r | Female (n = 64) | Male (n = 468) | P | Effect size r | |
Median (25th–75th percentile) | Median (25th–75th percentile) | Median (25th–75th percentile) | Median (25th–75th percentile) | |||||
Syndrome scales | ||||||||
 Withdrawn/depressed | 4.0 (1.0–6.0) | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.017 | − 0.10 | 1.5 (0.0–4.8) | 2.0 (0.0–4.0) | 0.819 | − 0.01 |
 Somatic complaints | 2.0 (1.0–3.75) | 2.0 (0.0–4.0) | 0.416 | − 0.03 | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.930 | − 0.00 |
 Anxious/depressed | 5.0 (2.0–9.8) | 5.0 (2.0–8.0) | 0.266 | − 0.05 | 2.0 (0.0–5.0) | 1.0 (0.0–4.0) | 0.284 | − 0.05 |
 Social problems | 5.5 (3.3–8.0) | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) | 0.159 | − 0.06 | 2.0 (0.0–6.0) | 3.5 (1.0–6.0) | 0.030 | − 0.09 |
 Thought problems | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | 0.669 | − 0.02 | 0.0 (0.0–2.0) | 1.0 (0.0–2.0) | 0.034 | − 0.09 |
 Attention problems | 10.0 (7.0–12.0) | 10.0 (7.0–12.0) | 0.913 | − 0.00 | 15.5 (8.3–22.0) | 20.0 (13.0–26.0) | 0.000 | − 0.15 |
 Delinquent behavior | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 4.0 (2.0–6.0) | 0.005 | − 0.12 | 1.0 (0.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | 0.004 | − 0.13 |
 Aggressive behavior | 12.0 (8.0–17.8) | 14.0 (8.0–21.0) | 0.035 | − 0.09 | 4.5 (1.0–17.0) | 11.0 (3.0–22.0) | 0.001 | − 0.15 |
Internalizing problems | 12.0 (4.3–18.0) | 9.0 (5.0–15.0) | 0.129 | − 0.06 | 5.0 (1.0–11.8) | 4.0 (1.0–10.0) | 0.569 | − 0.02 |
Externalizing problems | 15.5 (9.3–23.0) | 18.0 (11.0–26.0) | 0.026 | − 0.09 | 5.5 (1.0–19.8) | 14.5 (4.0–27.0) | 0.335 | − 0.04 |
Total problems | 50.5 (34.5–67.8) | 50.0 (34.0–69.0) | 0.836 | − 0.01 | 32.5 (15.8–53.0) | 48.0 (28.0–67.0) | 0.829 | − 0.01 |