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Table 2 Comparison of means and standard deviation for females and males regarding traumatic experiences, indicators of adaptation and protective factors

From: Resilience in the face of adversity: classes of positive adaptation in trauma-exposed children and adolescents in residential care

 

Female

Male

t(df)

p

95% CI

d

M (SD)

M (SD)

Lower

Upper

Traumatic experiences

Emotional abuse

11.35 (6.01)

7.96 (3.77)

− 3.41 (57.33)

0.001*

− 5.38

− 1.40

0.7

Physical abuse

8.05 (4.87)

7.04 (4.03)

− 1.27 (136)

0.207

− 2.57

0.56

0.2

Sexual abuse

7.60 (4.62)

5.37 (1.67)

− 3.08 (47.04)

0.003*

− 3.70

− 0.78

0.6

Emotional neglect

16.14 (5.54)

17.08 (6.30)

0.85 (137)

0.399

− 1.26

3.15

0.2

Physical neglect

11.84 (3.29)

12.10 (3.34)

0.44 (137)

0.663

− 0.94

1.47

0.1

CATS cumulative

3.23 (1.69)

2.97 (1.86)

− 0.75 (133)

0.453

− 0.93

0.42

0.1

Cumulative

6.33 (2.08)

5.26 (2.25)

− 2.45 (116)

0.016*

− 1.95

0.21

0.5

Indicators of adaptation

PTSD

9.33 (4.80)

4.71 (4.28)

− 5.46 (130)

 < 0.001**

− 6.30

− 2.95

0.9

DSO

10.27 (6.36)

4.55 (4.73)

− 5.17 (59.72)

 < 0.001**

− 7.93

− 3.51

1.0

Dissociation

2.49 (2.36)

1.34 (1.50)

− 2.75 (48.58)

0.008*

− 1.99

− 0.31

1.0

Internalizing problems

21.78 (12.29)

11.99 (10.07)

− 4.50 (63.81)

 < 0.001**

− 14.14

− 5.45

0.9

Externalizing problems

16.05 (9.37)

13.14 (9.44)

− 1.66 (135)

0.100

− 6.39

0.56

0.3

Interpersonal problems

5.45 (3.70)

4.05 (3.25)

− 2.23 (137)

0.027*

− 2.64

− 0.16

0.4

Thought problems

8.00 (4.74)

5.28 (4.53)

− 3.18 (136)

0.002*

− 4.41

− 1.03

0.6

Protective factors

Self-efficacy

15.22 (4.70)

17.63 (4.48)

2.17 (124)

0.008*

0.66

4.17

0.5

SOC

15.63 (4.23)

18.28 (3.83)

3.46 (125)

0.001*

1.13

4.17

0.6

Caregiver support

16.86 (5.21)

18.36 (4.88)

1.52 (120)

0.132

− 0.46

3.46

0.3

Peer support

17.43 (4.99)

19.92 (3.81)

3.02 (122)

0.003*

0.86

4.12

0.6

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation, 95% CI 95% Confidence interval, lower lower boundary, upper upper boundary, d Cohens d, CATS cumulative cumulative score of potentially traumatic life events according to the CATS, cumulative total cumulative score of CTQ and CATS combined, *significant values p < .05, ** significant values p < .001