Nuancing the role of social skills– a longitudinal study of early maternal psychological distress and adolescent depressive symptoms

Table 2 Descriptive information and t-tests of gender differences in the main variables

Variables	Males (n = 162–166⁺)		Females (n = 203–204⁺)		Total (n = 365–370⁺)
Variables	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	t		d
Early maternal distress (age 1.5)	1.30	(.28)	1.32	(.31)	1.31	(.29)	−.56		.07
Social skills (age 12.5)	4.04	(.45)	4.19	(.42)	4.12	(.44)	−3.21	**	.34
Depressive symptoms (age 14.5)	.23	(.28)	.43	(.40)	.34	(.36)	−5.64	***	.58

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