Table 1 Medians, ranges, modes, and cut-offs in accordance with 90th percentiles (10th percentile on the prosocial scale), on subscales and the total difficulties scale. There are different numbers of participants (1–5 years of age) for boys (n.420–424) and girls (n.386–391) in the different subscales. The Mann Whitney U-test (two-tailed) was used for comparisons between boys and girls
Boys | Girls | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cut-off | Median | Range | Mode | Median | Range | Mode | p | |
Total Difficulties Scale (without Prosocial) | 12 | 6 | 0–25 | 0 | 5 | 0–24 | 0 | .003 |
Prosocial | 3 | 6 | 0–10 | 10 | 7 | 0–10 | 10 | < .001 |
Hyperactivity/inattention | 5 | 2 | 0–10 | 0 | 2 | 0–10 | 0 | < .001 |
Emotional symptoms | 3 | 0 | 0–7 | 0 | 0 | 0–6 | 0 | .153 |
Conduct problems | 4 | 1 | 0–10 | 0 | 1 | 0–9 | 0 | .017 |
Peer problems | 4 | 1 | 0–8 | 0 | 1 | 0–8 | 0 | .013 |