Table 1 Anxiety symptoms in elementary, middle, and high school students. MASC total and subfactor T- scores (mean ± SE) are compared among the three groups of students.
From: The role of anxiety symptoms in school performance in a community sample of children and adolescents
Elementary School (E) | Middle School (M) | High School (H) | ANOVA | Post-hoc contrasts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F | p | |||||
N | 131 | 267 | 80 | |||
Males | 65 | 116 | 41 | |||
Age (mean ± SD) | 10.49 ± 0.95 | 12.59 ± 1.07 | 14.07 ± 0.89 | |||
MASC Total | 48.20 ± 0.89 | 48.95 ± 0.62 | 50.07 ± 1.15 | 0.8 | 0.439 | |
Physical Symptoms | 50.32 ± 0.87 | 53.77 ± 0.61 | 51.44 ± 1.12 | 5.6 | 0.003 | M>E; M >H;H = E |
Harm Avoidance | 41.03 ± 0.84 | 41.53 ± 0.59 | 41.56 ± 1.09 | 0.12 | 0.880 | |
Social Anxiety | 52.36 ± 0.86 | 52.73 ± 0.60 | 53.83 ± 1.15 | 0.56 | 0.571 | |
Separation/Panic | 45.90 ± 0.87 | 48.59 ± 0.61 | 50.05 ± 1.13 | 4.9 | 0.008 | M>E; M = H; H>E |