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Table 2 Means and standard deviations for benevolent sexism by demographic, socioeconomic and violence-related Variables at baseline

From: Effect of the Lights4Violence intervention on the sexism of adolescents in European countries

 

Girls

Boys

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

Pre-test

Post-test

 

Pre-test

Post-test

 

Pre-test

Post-test

 

Pre-test

Post-test

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Total

27.0 (10.5)

25.9 (11.0)

*

28.0 (11.7)

24.2 (11.7)

**

30.1 (10.4)

28.7 (10.5)

*

29.8 (10.0)

27.1 (11.4)

**

Age

  < =13 years

24.7 (10.3)

23.4 (11.1)

ns

25.7 (11.5)

20.6 (9.7)

**

30.3 (12.2)

28.6 (12.1)

ns

28.6 (9.3)

25.0 (11.0)

*

 14–15 years

27.8 (10.4)

26.3 (11.0)

*

30.4 (10.8)

28.5 (11.1)

*

30.5 (9.3)

29.1 (9.0)

ns

31.6 (10.4)

30.7 (10.9)

ns

  > 15 years

27.8 (10.4)

28.0 (10.5)

ns

25.9 (13.1)

19.8 (13.2)

**

28.6 (9.8)

27.3 (11.6)

ns

28.2 (10.7)

22.9 (11.8)

*

Mother’s education

 Primary and lower

25.0 (11.6)

26.3 (13.7)

ns

24.4 (14.6)

18.9 (13.5)

*

32.9 (14.6)

32.1 (10.5)

ns

29.7 (13.3)

27.2 (15.2)

ns

 Secondary

28.1 (10.1)

26.7 (10.5)

ns

30.5 (10.1)

27.1 (10.2)

**

29.7 (10.2)

28.4 (10.6)

ns

31.1 (10.4)

28.7 (11.6)

ns

 University

26.4 (10.5)

25.0 (10.9)

*

26.3 (11.6)

22.8 (11.7)

**

30.1 (9.1)

28.1 (10.3)

*

28.9 (8.4)

26.0 (9.7)

**

Dating violence experience

 I have never been

25.9 (10.4)

24.5 (11.7)

*

27.2 (12.2)

24.1 (13.1)

**

29.2 (10.3)

27.7 (10.3)

ns

28.5 (9.8)

25.6 (11.4)

*

 Yes

28.1 (10.9)

26.5 (10.7)

ns

30.9 (10.2)

27.1 (11.6)

*

30.1 (11.7)

28.8 (12.6)

ns

29.9 (10.2)

28.3 (12.7)

ns

 No

28.0 (10.3)

27.5 (10.2)

ns

27.3 (11.7)

23.0 (10.5)

**

30.9 (9.9)

29.4 (9.8)

ns

30.3 (10.0)

27.6 (11.0)

*

Student Social Support Scale

 Low < 232

25.8 (10.2)

24.5 (10.8)

ns

26.4 (11.6)

23.4 (12.7)

**

28.0 (9.3)

27.1 (10.8)

ns

27.3 (8.8)

25.4 (10.1)

ns

 Middle 232–276

27.8 (10.8)

26.7 (11.0)

ns

27.5 (11.1)

24.8 (11.0)

**

30.6 (9.4)

28.9 (8.8)

*

28.4 (9.5)

26.0 (11.1)

*

 High > 276

27.8 (10.4)

26.9 (11.3)

ns

29.8 (12.2)

24.1 (11.6)

**

32.0 (11.9)

30.1 (11.5)

ns

32.5 (10.7)

29.0 (12.2)

*

Assertiveness

 Low < 82

25.1 (9.8)

25.2 (10.5)

ns

24.6 (10.8)

22.2 (10.7)

*

26.1 (8.8)

26.7 (10.2)

ns

28.1 (9.3)

26.3 (10.2)

ns

 Middle 82–92

27.1 (9.9)

25.9 (10.7)

ns

28.3 (11.4)

25.8 (11.9)

*

31.5 (10.1)

29.4 (9.3)

*

30.6 (8.4)

26.5 (12.3)

*

 High > 92

28.7 (11.3)

26.5 (11.8)

*

30.2 (12.0)

24.5 (12.1)

**

33.5 (10.9)

30.3 (11.6)

*

30.6 (11.4)

28.2 (11.8)

*

Social Problem-Solving Inventory Revised

 Low < 54

28.3 (10.1)

28.2 (10.4)

ns

27.1 (12.0)

23.5 (11.8)

**

30.8 (9.7)

30.4 (9.9)

ns

31.1 (10.2)

29.0 (10.2)

ns

 Middle 54–64

25.4 (9.6)

23.9 (10.7)

*

28.0 (11.6)

25.9 (11.6)

*

28.6 (10.5)

26.1 (10.3)

*

29.6 (10.0)

26.9 (11.6)

ns

 High > 64

27.3 (11.4)

25.5 (11.5)

*

28.7 (11.5)

23.5 (11.7)

**

31.3 (10.9)

29.9 (10.9)

ns

28.9 (9.9)

25.8 (12.0)

*

Aggression Questionnaire Refined

 Low < 23

27.1 (10.9)

26.1 (11.3)

ns

27.6 (11.0)

22.1 (11.4)

**

28.8 (12.5)

26.6 (11.9)

ns

29.3 (10.5)

25.1 (12.4)

ns

 Middle 23–31

26.2 (10.4)

24.9 (11.5)

ns

27.7 (12.1)

25.2 (11.1)

*

29.2 (9.9)

28.7 (9.1)

ns

29.6 (8.5)

27.5 (9.6)

ns

 High > 31

27.6 (10.0)

26.6 (10.2)

ns

28.5 (11.9)

24.9 (12.5)

**

31.7 (9.0)

29.9 (10.3)

ns

30.3 (10.7)

28.7 (11.6)

ns

  1. n.s.: p-value> 0.05; *p-value< 0.05; **p-value< 0.001; Student paired t-test