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Chapter IV: Results
COAD unit in this construct in contrast to 6% of the boys in grade 11. However, the subcategory
Hopelessness was one construct where the boys in grade 11 generated more COADs (20%) than
the boys in grade 8 (17%), and had higher percentages of COADs than the girls in both grade
levels.
Similar to boys, the majority of the girls, in grade 8 and in grade 11, contributed their
COADs in Depressed Mood, Social Impairment, and Sadness constructs. In contrast to boys,
regarding the subcategory Inner Pain, girls' percentages of COADs remained similar in both
grades 8 and 11, 12% and 11% respectively. Similar to boys, girls in grade 11 had higher
percentages of COADs than girls in grade 8 in the subcategory Hopelessness. Just over 10% of
the girls in both grade levels generated their COADs in the category Masking/Stigma. In
contrast, less than 5% of the boys provided their COADs in this construct.
Gender and Grade Frequency Distributions of COAD Unit Definitions Generated At Least Once
Per Individual
Table 15 displays the number of COAD units defined at least once per participant, range
of units, and means for the differences in gender and grade. Using descriptive analyses (SPSS,
Version 13.0, 2004), grade 8 participants (n = 114) had a higher overall number of COAD units
than the grade 11 students (n = 218). Regarding gender differences in the frequencies of COAD
unit descriptions provided, girls (n = 184) had a higher frequency count than boys (n = 148) did.
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