Depressive Symptoms and Psychosocial Functioning in Preadolescent Children

Table 3

Main effect of depressive symptom level on affect, self-concept, and peer-rated popularity.

	Normal; (CDI < 13)	“At risk”; (CDI 13–19)	Clinical; (CDI >19)	ICC	Standard error	𝑃	Normal versus “at-risk”; 𝑡	Normal versus clinical; 𝑡	“At risk” versus clinical; 𝑡
Positive affect	39.35	36.88	34.77	1.48%	1.00	<.001	3.48***	5.65***	2.11*
Negative affect	20.83	24.11	29.46	13.3%	1.06	<.001	4.29***	10.03***	5.05***
Academic self-concept	3.14	2.65	2.28	3.00%	.67	<.001	7.29***	11.28***	3.87***
Social self-concept	3.20	2.52	2.10	3.98%	.73	<.001	9.27***	13.03***	3.93***
Sporting self-concept	3.08	2.69	2.42	1.03%	.76	<.001	5.02***	7.49***	2.45*
Global self-concept	3.39	2.96	2.54	0.71%	.56	<.001	7.62***	13.20***	5.30***
Peer-rated popularity	.21	.19	.18	30.75%	.02	.05	1.49	2.14*	0.66

* 𝑃<.05; ***𝑃<.001.