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Table 2 Students’ mean scores in SDQ Scales by risk category

From: Help seeking in school by Israeli Arab minority adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems: results from the Galilee Study

SDQ Scales

Mean scores in SDQ scales

High risk students

(25 % highest percentiles)

(N = 357)

Low risk students

(75 % lowest percentiles)

(N = 347)

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

F

p

Total Difficulties Score

18.14

3.8

9.22

3.3

1099.1

0.000

Emotional problems

5.61

2.0

2.25

1.7

576.7

0.000

Conduct problems

3.83

1.5

1.96

1.3

319.3

0.000

Hyperactivity

5.03

1.8

2.82

1.7

290.0

0.000

Peer problems

3.68

1.7

2.20

1.4

159.1

0.000

Pro-social behavior

7.45

2.0

8.02

1.7

16.8

0.000