Table 5
Multivariate Analysis of Variance for Stressor Groups and Age 3
Behavior Problems by Sex:: Means, Standard Deviations, and F-Ratios
| BOYS & GIRLS | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Univariate |
| (0 Stressors) | (1 Stressor) | (2 Stressors) | (3 Stressors) | (F Ratio) | |
| CBCL | n = 13 | n = 25 | n = 20 | n = 5 | |
| Externalizing | 42.2, sd = 7.3 | 51.1, sd = 9.3 | 51.7, sd = 8.2 | 62.0, sd = 8.7 | 7.23*** |
| Internalizing | 42.6, sd = 5.4 | 49.6, sd = 8.8 | 50.8, sd = 8.3 | 57.0, sd = 5.1 | 4.98** |
| BOYS | |||||
| CBCL | n = 7 | n = 15 | n = 11 | n = 4 | |
| Externalizing | 42.3, sd = 8.7 | 50.2, sd = 8.8 | 53.4, sd = 7.1 | 60.5, sd = 9.3 | 4.60** |
| Internalizing | 43.6, sd = 6.8 | 48.1, sd = 6.6 | 50.4, sd = 7.2 | 57.0, sd = 5.9 | 3.62* |
x p<.10, * p<.05, ** p<.01