From: Depressive symptoms and anger and aggression in Russian adolescents
Symptoms | Boys | Girls | Chi-square, p |
---|---|---|---|
Depressed mood (one of the following): | 252 (24.7%) | 545 (35.9%) | 35.55; <0.001 |
I felt really down | 89 (8.4%) | 214 (13.8%) | 18.30; <0.001 |
I felt like crying | 58 (5.5%) | 267 (17.3%) | 80.90; <0.001 |
I felt that I could not shake off my sad feelings even with help from my family or friends | 69 (6.5%) | 154 (9.9%) | 9.78; <0.01 |
I felt bothered by people and things | 132 (12.4%) | 247 (16.0%) | 6.83; <0.01 |
Diminished interest: | Â | Â | Â |
I have lost my interest in other people or things | 98 (9.4%) | 139 (9.1%) | 0.01; ns |
Other depressive symptoms (≥ 4 symptoms present): | 47 (4.5%) | 72 (4.7%) | 0.06; ns |
I did not feel like eating; my appetite was poor | 72 (6.8%) | 119 (7.7%) | 0.77; ns |
I didn’t sleep well | 136 (12.7%) | 149 (9.6%) | 6.23; <0.05 |
I was tired | 258 (24.2%) | 424 (27.4%) | 3.36; ns |
I felt that many bad things were my fault | 86 (8.1%) | 164 (10.6%) | 4.85; <0.05 |
I found it difficult to concentrate. | 178 (16.7%) | 266 (17.2%) | 0.12; ns |