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Table 7 Mean scores of boys and girls on measures of Problem Scales of CBCL

From: Psychiatric comorbidity among children and adolescents with dyslexia

CBCL variables

Boys

Girls

Main effects

Group x Gender interaction

Dyslexia

Control

Dyslexia

Control

Group

Gender

(N=27)

(N=26)

(N=23)

(N=24)

Mean± SD

Mean± SD

Mean± SD

Mean± SD

F

F

F

Withdrawn

54.2±7.5

52.4±3.8

57.1±8.9

55.2±5.1

1.94

4.4*

0.00

Somatic

51.5±3.3

51±2.4

52.4±4.5

51.8±2.8

0.67

1.8

0.01

Anxious

52.7±6.1

50.5±1.6

57±7.9

51.7±2.9

12.8**

7.1**

2.4

Social Problems

51.6±4.1

50.6±2.1

52±4.2

51.3±3.7

1.3

0.52

0.01

Thought Problem

50.6±2.01

51.2±3.5

51.3±3.5

51±2.7

0.08

0.21

0.52

Attention

55.1±9.8

50.8±2.9

55.2±8.7

51.3±3.2

8.5**

0.04

0.02

Delinquent

57.6±9.7

51.4±3.2

52.6±5.8

52.9±6.5

4.6*

1.54

5.75*

Aggressive

54.7+6.7

50.8+2.1

52.5+5.3

51.3+2.8

7.6**

0.91

2.05

Internalizing

45.9+11.2

44.3+7.6

53.2+11.9

47.7+8.7

3.2

7.2**

0.97

Externalizing

50.8+12.2

42.7+7.2

44.8+11.5

41.6+10.5

7.3**

2.91

1.39

Total Score

49.6+9.8

42.3+6.4

49.4+10.4

42.7+10.4

13.8**

0.01

0.03

  1. *p> 0.05
  2. **p < 0.01
  3. ***p < 0.001