The Link between Peer Relations, Prosocial Behavior, and ODD/ADHD Symptoms in 7–9-Year-Old Children

Table 1

Sex comparisons of the means (SD) for the variables prosocial behavior, peer problems, ADHD, and ODD.

	Girls	Boys	t
Teacher data
N	4341	4468
Prosocial behavior	1.78 (.33)	1.56 (.46)	25.17*
Peer problems	.13 (.26)	.20 (.34)	−9.85*
ADHD	.16 (.23)	.26 (.32)	−14.72*
ODD	.08 (.20)	.20 (.37)	−21.00*
Parent data
N	3126	3127
Prosocial behavior	1.76 (.27)	1.65 (.32)	15.48*
Peer problems	.17 (.28)	.21 (.32)	−4.95*
ADHD	.09 (.19)	.25 (.35)	−26.56*
ODD	.22 (.29)	.29 (.36)	−8.52*

^*Statistically significant at α = 0.05.