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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study sample (N = 1295)

From: Resilience trajectories and links with childhood maltreatment in adolescence: a latent growth modeling approach

Variable

Total sample

N = 1295

Lower resilience

n = 113

Higher resilience

n = 1183

χ2 (df)

p

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

  

Sex

 Female

734 (56.7)

66 (58.9)

668 (56.5)

0.25 (1)

0.615

 Male

561 (43.3)

46 (41.1)

515 (43.5)

 

 Age M (SD)

14.24 (1.26)

14.25 (1.21)

14.24 (1.27)

t(1293) = 0.86

0.931

Financial difficulties in the familya

 Yes

519 (40.1)

61 (55.0)

458 (38.8)

11.04 (1)

 < .001

 No

773 (59.7)

50 (45.0)

723 (61.2)

 

Mother employeda

 Yes

1153 (89.0)

97 (87.4)

1056 (89.5)

6.32 (2)

0.043

 No

123 (9.5)

10 (9.0)

113 (9.6)

 

 Not known

15 (1.2)

4 (3.6)

11 (0.9)

 

Father employeda

 Yes

1150 (88.8)

96 (85.7)

1054 (89.5)

1.51 (2)

0.470

 No

63 (4.9)

7 (6.3)

56 (4.8)

 

 Not known

77 (5.9)

9 (8.0)

68 (5.8)

 

University/college education of parentsa

 Both

512 (39.5)

26 (23.2)

486 (41.3)

16.13 (3)

0.001

 One

387 (29.9)

38 (33.9)

349 (29.6)

 

 No

107 (8.3)

11 (9.8)

96 (8.1)

 

 Not known

284 (21.9)

37 (33.0)

247 (21.0)

 

SDQ subscalesa M(SD)

 Emotional problems

2.97 (2.42)

5.05 (2.71)

2.77 (2.29)

t(125.49) = 8.62

 < 0.001

 Conduct problems

2.66 (1.41)

3.55 (1.56)

2.57 (1.36)

t(126.51) = 6.38

 < 0.001

 Hyperactivity

4.20 (1.77)

5.15 (1.95)

4.11 (1.73)

t(1270) = 5.94

 < 0.001

 Peer problems

3.35 (1.41)

4.11 (1.68)

3.27 (1.36)

t(122.78) = 5.05

 < 0.001

 Prosocial behavior

7.23 (2.04)

6.19 (2.18)

7.33 (1.99)

t(1281) = − 5.32

 < 0.001

SDQ psychopathology predictiona

 No indication

813 (65.7)

26 (24.5)

787 (69.5)

91.51(2)

 < 0.001

 Possible

197 (15.9)

31 (29.2)

166 (14.7)

 

 Probable

228 (18.4)

49 (46.2)

179 (15.8)

 
  1. aVariables with missing data, range 0.2–0.4%
  2. SDQ strengths and difficulties questionnaire