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Table contains effect sizes (r); positive values
indicate more problems or greater nonconventiona1 behavior for the precocious
sex group than for controls. Dashes indicate that the study in question did not
assess the behavior in question.
ru is the unbiased effect size estimate.
* p < .05.
Study |
n |
School |
Drugs |
Religion |
Peers |
Home |
|
| Jessor et al. (1983) | 254 | .20 | - | .22 | .45 | .19 | |
| Ketterlinus et al. (1992) | 3,760 | .25 | .18 | .13 | - | - | |
| Resnick & Blum (1994) | 1,866 | .13 | - | - | .32 | .16 | |
| D. Rosenthal et al. (1999) | 241 | - | .15 | - | - | - | |
| ru | .21 | .18 | .14 | .34 | .16 | ||
| N | 5,880 | 4,001 | 4,014 | 2,120 | 2,120 | ||
| 95% Confidence interval | .19 - .23 | .15 - .21 | .11 - .17 | .30 - .37 | .12 - .20 | ||
| Chi2 (homogeneity statistic) | 19.40* | 0.21 | 2.03 | 5.18* | 0.21 | ||