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Unpacking the Influence of Abuse and Depression on Grades among Urban Ethnic Minority Adolescents and Young Adults Cover

Unpacking the Influence of Abuse and Depression on Grades among Urban Ethnic Minority Adolescents and Young Adults

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|Apr 2019

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of adolescents who reported having experienced abuse and adolescents who reported not having experienced abuse.

CharacteristicsAbuseNo Abuse
%(N)%(N)
Age
   ≤144(19)5(24)
   15–1722.5(107)18.5(88)
   18≥27.5(131)22.5(107)
Gender
   Female46.4(221)38.2(182)
   Male7.4(35)7.1(34)
   Transgender0.2(1)0.6(3)
Race
   Hispanic/Latin29.4(140)23.8(113)
   Black20.8(99)19.7(94)
   Asian/White3.8(18)2.5(12)
Nativity Status
   US Born43.1(205)39.3(197)
   Non-US born10.9(52)6.7(32)
Last grade completed
   ≤8th grade4.6(22)5.9(28)
   9th grade7.6(36)5.9(28)
   10th grade6.1(29)6.1(29)
   11th grade9.9(47)8.0(38)
   12th grade9.5(45)8.8(42)
   College16.4(78)11.3(54)
Table 2

Two-way ANOVA considering the effects of abuse, depression, and the interaction term on grades.

SourceSum of SquaresdfMean SquareFp-valuePartial Eta Squared
Corrected Model15.610a35.2036.638.000.040
Intercept2478.84512478.8453162.456.000.870
abuse2.96712.9673.785.052.008
depressed12.442112.44215.874.000.033
abuse*depressed3.34013.3404.262.040.009
Error369.970472.784
Corrected Total385.580475

[i] a R Squared = .040 (Adjusted R Squared = .034).

Table 3

Comparative means of grades under the two-way ANOVAL model with the interaction model.

AbuseDepressedMeanStd. Error95% Confidence Interval
Lower BoundUpper Bound
.00no2.525b.0992.3302.720
yes2.353b.0752.2052.500
1.00no2.885a.1132.6623.108
yes2.342b.0632.2182.466

[i] * Different alphabets mean significantly different values at a type one error rate of 0.05. P-value (model) < .01.

Figure 1

Estimated means by the model with the interaction term (abuse and depression on grades).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2478 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Apr 9, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2019 Perry Nagin, Anthony Salandy, Angela Diaz, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.