Girls report higher school engagement at time 1 and higher cumulative GPA than boys¶

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q3 i? T-tests showed girls reported more time 1 school engagement and had higher cumulative GPAs than boys. → Borofsky Larissa A. 2013

Evidence¶

Borofsky Larissa A. 2013¶

Borofsky Larissa A., Kellerman Ilana, Baucom Brian, Oliver Pamella H., Margolin Gayla. (2013). Community Violence Exposure and Adolescents' School Engagement and Academic Achievement Over Time. Psychology of Violence. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034121

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Descriptive t-test comparisons in the full sample of 118 (59 girls, 59 boys); GPA means were 3.13 for girls versus 2.71 for boys (n = 48 each). Gender was also a significant GPA covariate in the mediation models.

"T-test comparisons of boys and girls showed two significant differences: girls reported more time 1 school engagement, t(116) = 2.57, p = .01 and also had higher cumulative GPAs than boys, t(94) = 2.59, p = .01."

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