Table 2 Comparison of scores on respective variables by gender.

From: Analysis of the significance and gender differences in the factors influencing antisocial behaviors among adolescents

 

Mean ± Standard deviation

t

Boy (n = 8867)

Girl (n = 9603)

Current place of residence

2.43 ± 1.58

2.51 ± 1.61

− 3.319**

Somatization

1.75 ± 0.71

1.86 ± 0.70

− 10.821**

Whether or not you are an only child

1.61 ± 0.49

1.75 ± 0.43

− 21.488**

Number of good friends

2.80 ± 1.11

2.53 ± 1.10

16.127**

Phobic anxiety

1.62 ± 0.77

1.83 ± 0.80

− 18.111**

Psychoticism

1.74 ± 0.75

1.84 ± 0.73

− 9.388**

Obsessive–compulsive

2.02 ± 0.79

2.16 ± 0.78

− 12.070**

Smoking behavior

1.32 ± 1.02

1.18 ± 0.78

10.496**

Daily Screen Time

2.08 ± 1.58

1.81 ± 1.32

12.454**

Family economic condition

2.90 ± 0.64

2.92 ± 0.59

− 1.847

Drinking behavior

0.18 ± 0.39

0.10 ± 0.30

15.974**

Paranoid ideation

1.71 ± 0.78

1.78 ± 0.76

− 5.945**

Frequent feelings of tiredness or lack of energy

2.24 ± 0.84

2.28 ± 0.78

− 3.657**

Engage in regular physical activity

2.83 ± 0.85

2.67 ± 0.78

13.362**

Take the initiative to talk to parents

2.76 ± 0.88

2.85 ± 0.84

− 6.994**

Hostility

1.68 ± 0.77

1.80 ± 0.78

− 10.011**

Anxiety

1.80 ± 0.77

1.95 ± 0.78

− 13.253**

Depression

1.82 ± 0.77

1.99 ± 0.78

− 15.339**

Interpersonal sensitivity

1.87 ± 0.80

1.98 ± 0.79

− 9.318**

Satisfaction with sleep quality

2.85 ± 0.91

2.73 ± 0.89

8.536**

Worried about doing the wrong thing

2.46 ± 0.89

2.55 ± 0.84

− 6.912**

How much your friends care about you

3.85 ± 1.08

4.10 ± 0.96

− 16.457**

Availability of computers and internet

1.78 ± 0.60

1.82 ± 0.53

− 5.652**

Easy to feel nervous or scared

2.20 ± 0.85

2.36 ± 0.81

− 12.811**

Whether or not you live at the school

1.31 ± 0.46

1.33 ± 0.47

− 2.002*

Satisfaction with relationship with parents

3.35 ± 0.80

3.38 ± 0.76

− 2.425*

Parents’ educational expectations of you

4.53 ± 1.10

4.58 ± 0.94

− 3.046**

Satisfaction with relationship with teachers

3.18 ± 0.79

3.18 ± 0.72

0.453

  1. **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.
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