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Table 21
Percentage Distribution, Significant, and Near Significant (< .10) Chi-Square Tests of
Chapter IV: Results
Frequency in Adolescent Depression Constructs by Self-Recognition of Depression in Those
Who Self-Recognized Depression Within two Weeks Prior to the Survey versus Those Who Did
Not Self-Recognize Depression, N = 174
Category / Subcategory
Depressed Mood
Did Not Self-^Self-Recognized
Recognize^Depression
Depression, n = 143^(past 2 weeks), n = 31
oh ^ %
X2
(1, N = 174)
Irritability 32.2% 48.4% 2.94, p = .09
Indecisiveness/Impaired 14.7% 29.0% 3.68, p = .06
Concentration and Attention
Social Impairment 67.1% 51.6% 2.68, p = .10
Aggression/Bullied 10.5% 0.0% 3.56, p = .06
Anxiety Symptoms 16.8% 32.3% 3.88, p = .05
Fear 5.6% 16.1% 4.09, p = .04
Contextual/Causal 19.6% 35.5% 3.71, p = .05
Note. Self-Recognition of Depression is out of those who recognized depression in themselves within the past 2
weeks prior to the survey, n = 31, and those adolescents who did not self-recognize depression,
n = 143. Remaining Sample, n= 151 self-recognized depression beyond 2 weeks, missing, n = 7.
As can be seen in Table 21, the constructs Anxiety Symptoms, Fear, and
Contextual/Causal had significant findings. In association with Social Impairment and all four of
its subcategories, adolescents who did not self-recognize depression had substantially higher
percentages of COAD units in these constructs than those who did self-recognize depression
within the past two weeks (although not significant) (see Table E1-8 in Appendix El for
complete results). Regarding subcategory Aggression/Bullied, 0% of the self-recognized
depression group of adolescents provided a COAD unit in this subcategory compared to 10.5%
of those students who did not self-recognize depression (not significant).
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