Psychology: Research and Review
Table 1 Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics, abandonment anxiety, intimacy avoidance, internalizing symptoms, and externalizing symptoms according to the cumulative number of ACEs in adolescents
Characteristics | Number of ACEs (n = 122) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 (n = 24) | 1 (n = 52) | 2 (n = 26) | ≥ 3 (n = 20) | p-value for group difference | |
Sex, n (%) | 0.160 | ||||
Boys | 15 (62.5%) | 28 (53.8%) | 12 (46.2%) | 6 (30.0%) | |
Girls | 9 (37.5%) | 24 (46.2%) | 14 (53.8%) | 14 (70.0%) | |
Age (years), mean ± SD | 15.17 ± 1.6 | 14.94 ± 1.7 | 15.31 ± 1.6 | 14.85 ± 1.6 | 0.736 |
Type of establishment, n (%) | 0.751 | ||||
Public | 16 (66.7%) | 27 (52.9%) | 13 (50.0%) | 12 (60.0%) | |
Private | 7 (29.2%) | 20 (38.5%) | 9 (34.6%) | 7 (35.0%) | |
Subsidized | 1 (4.2%) | 5 (9.6%) | 4 (15.4%) | 1 (5.0%) | |
Gradea | 0.780 | ||||
6° básico (sixth grade) | 2 (8.3%) | 4 (7.7%) | 1 (3.8%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
7° básico (seventh grade) | 1 (4.2%) | 8 (15.4%) | 4 (15.4%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
8° básico (eighth grade) | 5 (20.8%) | 7 (13.5%) | 4 (15.4%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
1° medio (ninth grade) | 1 (4.2%) | 5 (9.6%) | 5 (19.2%) | 5 (25.0%) | |
2° medio (tenth grade) | 4 (16.7%) | 6 (11.5%) | 1 (3.8%) | 3 (15.0%) | |
3° medio (eleventh grade) | 6 (25.0%) | 15 (28.8%) | 5 (19.2%) | 4 (20.0%) | |
4° medio (twelfth grade) | 5 (20.8%) | 7 (13.5%) | 6 (23.1%) | 2 (10.0%) | |
Abandonment anxiety, mean ± SD | 3.06 ± 1.8 | 3.70 ± 1.7 | 4.57 ± 1.4 | 4.81 ± 1.5 | .001 |
Intimacy avoidance, mean ± SD | 3.37 ± 1.5 | 3.85 ± 1.3 | 3.62 ± .8 | 3.23 ± .8 | 0.152 |
Internalizing symptoms, mean ± SD | 16.33 ± 10.0 | 20.42 ± 9.8 | 28.35 ± 11.1 | 29.30 ± 9.9 | < .001 |
Externalizing symptoms, mean ± SD | 5.75 ± 4.1 | 9.10 ± 4.6 | 12.62 ± 6.1 | 15.70 ± 8.5 | < .001 |