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Chapter IV: Results
the Methodology Chapter). The 134 Miscellaneous COAD unit definitions were almost evenly
distributed between the 8th graders and the 11 th graders. Eighth graders had 49 COAD unit
definitions (2.4% of total COAD unit definitions) of depression and the 11 th graders 85 COAD
units (4.1% of the total COAD unit definitions). Recall, there were almost twice as many grade
11 as grade 8 students participating in this study. Boys and girls were almost evenly split in the
number of COAD units in the Miscellaneous category. Boys provided 60 COAD units (2.9% of
the total COAD unit definitions) and girls 74 COAD units (3.6% of the total COAD unit
definitions). This category was excluded from further analyses leaving 1,940 COAD units
generated by participants' definitions of depression.
Gender and Grade Frequency Distributions of Conceptions of Adolescent Depression Unit
Definitions Generated Per Individual
Grade 8 participants (n = 114) had a higher overall number of COAD units defining
adolescent depression than the grade 11 students (n = 218).
Table 11 displays the number of COAD units defined per participant, range of units, and
means for differences in gender and grade. Regarding gender differences in the frequencies of
COAD units provided, girls (n = 184) had a considerably higher frequency count than boys
(n = 148) did.
Table 11
Gender and Grade Differences in the Number of COAD Units Generated Per Person, Range of
COAD Units, and Means of COAD units
Grade
Gender
Variable
COAD Units
f
Range of
Units
COAD Units
M (SD)
8 744 0 - 21 6.53 (3.91)
11 1,196 0 - 26 5.49 (3.02)
Boys 735 0 - 21 4.97 (2.94)
Girls 1,205 0 - 26 6.55 (3.56)
Note. N= 332, Total COAD units = 1,940, M= 5.84 (3.38). No Miscellaneous category in this analysis.
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