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Category/Subcategory
Defined Units
n = f of units
Defined Units
%
Chapter IV: Results
Not Defined Unit
n (%)
15. BIOLOGICAL 8 = 1 or more units 2.4% 324 (97.6%)
8 = 1 unit 2.4%
16. MASKING/STIGMA 24 = 1 or more units 7.2% 308 (92.8%)
21 = 1 unit 6.3%
3 = 2 units
17. ESCAPING REALITY 10 = 1 or more units 3.0% 322 (97.0%)
. 9%
10 = 1 unit 3.0%
Note. The total number of COAD units provided at least once per individual was 1,194 with the Miscellaneous
category, and after removal of the Miscellaneous category (89), the remaining total of COAD units was 1,105.
As can be seen in Table 12, Depressed Mood and Social Impairment contained the
highest range of units. The remaining total number of COAD units provided at least once per
individual was 1,105 excluding the Miscellaneous category.
Percentages of COAD Units Generated by Boys and Girls At Least Once in Each Construct of
Adolescent Depression
To assess the occurrence of boys' and girls' COAD units in each category and
subcategory, frequency counts of COAD units of adolescent depression were summed and
calculated into percentages in each construct of adolescent depression. Table 13 displays the 17
categories and 17 subcategories, and the percentages of COAD units that emerged from boys'
and girls' definitions of depression at least once.
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