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Table 3 Contribution of age after controlling for trauma symptoms and displacement, for YSR Syndrome and DSM-oriented scales

From: Age and environmental factors predict psychological symptoms in adolescent refugees during the initial post-resettlement phase

YSR scale

Block 1a b

Block 2c

∆R2

Change statistics

∆R2

Change statistics

Syndrome scales

 Anxious/depressed

0.369

F(2,75) = 21.91***

0.045

F(1,74) = 5.73, p = 0.02*

 Withdrawn/depressed

0.464

F(2,75) = 32.47***

0.030

F(1,74) = 4.40, p = 0.04*

 Somatic complaints

0.175

F(2,75) = 7.97**

0.009

F(1,74) = 0.81 p = 0.37

 Social problems

0.215

F(2,75) = 10.25***

0.008

F(1,74) = 0.76, p = 0.39

 Thought problems

0.323

F(2,75) = 17.88***

0.014

F(1,74) = 1.52, p = 0.22

 Attention problems

0.280

F(2,75) = 14.59***

0.015

F(1,74) = 1.59, p = 0.21

 Rule-breaking behaviour

0.044

F(2,75) = 1.73

0.000

F(1,74) = 0.01, p = 0.99

 Aggressive behaviour

0.235

F(2,75) = 11.50***

0.014

F(1,74) = 1.42, p = 0.24

 Internalising problems

0.450

F(2,75) = 30.73***

0.043

F(1,74) = 6.27, p = 0.02*

 Externalising problem

0.184

F(2,75) = 8.46***

0.007

F(1,74) = 0.65, p = 0.42

 Total problems

0.396

F(2,75) = 24.56***

0.032

F(1,74) = 4.10, p = 0.046*

DSM-oriented Scales

 Depressive problems

0.251

F(2,75) = 12.58***

0.081

F(1,74) = 8.98, p = .004**

 Anxiety problems

0.287

F(2,75) = 15.12***

0.020

F(1,74) = 2..16, p = 0.15

 Somatic problems

0.124

F(2,75) = 5.32**

0.005

F(1,74) = 0.43, p = 0.52

 Attention deficit problems

0.158

F(2,75) = 7.03**

0.003

F(1,74) = 0.30, p = 0.59

 Oppositional defiance problems

0.183

F(2,75) = 8.40***

0.013

F(1,74) = 1.18, p = 0.28

 Conduct problems

0.024

F(2,75) = 0.90, p = 0.41

0.000

F(1,74) = .006, p = 0.94

 Obsessive compulsive problems

0.377

F(2,75) = 22.68***

0.020

F(1,74) = 2.47, p = 0.12

  1. Statistics in bold are significant after correcting for multiple comparisons. Benjamini-Hochberg Adjusted p values are displayed
  2. aRATS total (trauma) score
  3. bDisplaced/not displaced
  4. cAge
  5. *Significant at the 0.05 level
  6. **Significant at the 0.01 level
  7. ***Significant at the 0.001 level