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Table 4 Means and standard deviations for hostile 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

23 (9.7)

21.4 (10.5)

**

22.5 (10.2)

21.5 (11.3)

*

29 (10.1)

28.1 (9.9)

ns

28.7 (10.2)

28.2 (10.4)

ns

Age

  < =13 years

21.3 (10.0)

20.8 (11.6)

ns

20.7 (9.3)

20.0 (9.7)

ns

27.9 (10.1)

27.6 (9.9)

ns

26.6 (10.1)

25.8 (10.2)

ns

 14–15 years

23.5 (9.5)

21.3 (10.1)

*

23.9 (9.7)

23.4 (10.8)

ns

29.4 (10.3)

28.4 (9.6)

ns

30.4 (9.2)

31.2 (9.9)

ns

  > 15 years

23.7 (9.7)

22.3 (10.2)

ns

22.7 (12.7)

19.3 (14.4)

*

30.0 (9.6)

27.9 (11.2)

ns

31.2 (12.5)

27.8 (10.9)

ns

Mother’s education

 Primary and lower

23.7 (12.4)

23.6 (12.2)

ns

20.8 (12.1)

19.7 (13.6)

ns

29.3 (14.1)

29.5 (8.5)

ns

28.4 (11.3)

27.8 (15.0)

ns

 Secondary

23.3 (9.6)

21.5 (9.8)

*

24.5 (9.1)

23.3 (9.8)

ns

28.3 (9.6)

27.0 (9.7)

ns

28.8 (9.9)

30.1 (9.8)

ns

 University

22.6 (9.3)

20.9 (10.9)

*

20.8 (10.4)

20.1 (11.7)

ns

29.5 (9.4)

28.3 (10.2)

ns

28.7 (10.2)

27.1 (8.8)

*

Dating violence experience

 I have never been

21.3 (9.4)

20.3 (10.9)

ns

20.8 (10.3)

20.3 (12.1)

ns

28.4 (10.2)

27.4 (10.6)

ns

27.7 (11.0)

27.4 (11.0)

ns

 Yes

25.0 (11.4)

22.9 (10.5)

ns

25.2 (10.2)

24.8 (11.2)

ns

30.9 (11.4)

30.8 (10.4)

ns

31.3 (8.9)

31.5 (9.7)

ns

 No

24.2 (8.9)

22.1 (9.9)

*

22.6 (9.9)

20.9 (10.5)

*

28.8 (9.4)

27.5 (9.1)

ns

28.7 (10.1)

27.7 (10.2)

ns

Student Social Support Scale

 Low < 232

22.5 (9.8)

20.1 (10.6)

*

22.1 (11.0)

21.1 (11.8)

ns

29.1 (8.9)

28.4 (9.5)

ns

28.7 (9.6)

28.8 (10.5)

ns

 Middle 232–276

23.2 (9.6)

22.7 (10.2)

ns

22.4 (9.6)

20.9 (11.2)

ns

30.4 (10.5)

29.7 (9.9)

ns

29.4 (9.2)

27.2 (9.7)

ns

 High > 276

23.3 (9.8)

21.8 (10.6)

ns

23.0 (10.2)

22.5 (10.8)

ns

27.5 (10.8)

26.1 (10.1)

ns

28.1 (11.5)

28.8 (11.1)

ns

Assertiveness

 Low < 82

23.4 (9.4)

22.7 (10.1)

ns

21.1 (9.5)

19.9 (10.0)

ns

28.5 (9.5)

28.5 (9.7)

ns

28.0 (9.0)

26.6 (9.9)

ns

 Middle 82–92

22.8 (9.0)

21.1 (10.8)

*

22.2 (10.0)

20.3 (10.6)

*

29.9 (9.2)

27.9 (9.8)

ns

30.6 (9.6)

29.1 (9.8)

ns

 High > 92

22.6 (10.7)

20.5 (10.6)

*

23.8 (10.8)

23.7 (12.3)

ns

28.8 (11.6)

27.6 (10.4)

ns

28.1 (11.4)

29.1 (11.2)

ns

Social Problem-Solving Inventory Revised

 Low < 54

24.8 (9.9)

23.3 (10.8)

ns

24.2 (11.2)

21.7 (12.2)

*

31.8 (9.2)

30.1 (9.4)

ns

30.2 (9.5)

29.7 (9.4)

ns

 Middle 54–64

23.6 (9.1)

21.9 (9.9)

*

23.2 (9.0)

22.7 (9.4)

ns

28.3 (10.4)

26.8 (10.4)

ns

29.0 (10.3)

27.3 (11.9)

ns

 High > 64

20.6 (9.8)

19.2 (10.5)

ns

20.6 (10.0)

20.5 (11.7)

ns

26.6 (10.1)

27.1 (9.6)

ns

27.3 (10.6)

27.8 (9.8)

ns

Aggression Questionnaire Refined

 Low < 23

21.7 (9.9)

20.8 (9.7)

ns

21.0 (9.6)

19.5 (11.4)

ns

26.4 (10.9)

26.6 (10.9)

ns

26.2 (11.1)

25.3 (11.5)

ns

 Middle 23–31

21.7 (9.1)

20.2 (11.3)

ns

21.9 (9.9)

21.0 (10.6)

ns

26.2 (9.4)

24.5 (9.2)

ns

29.0 (9.0)

29.6 (8.4)

ns

 High > 31

25.5 (9.6)

23.2 (10.4)

*

24.7 (10.8)

24.0 (11.5)

ns

32.6 (8.9)

31.4 (8.7)

ns

30.7 (9.9)

29.8 (10.4)

ns

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