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Table 2 Proportion of Prisoners with Increased or Decreased Mental Health Symptoms over the Third- and Sixth-Month Time Periods

From: A longitudinal study of mental health symptoms in young prisoners: exploring the influence of personal factors and the correctional climate

 

From Month 1 to Month 3 (n = 54)

From Month 3 to Month 6 (n = 43)

BSI Subscale

% increase

% decrease

Proportion test (z)

% increase

% decrease

Proportion test (z)

Somatization

46

35

1.69

26

42

−2.12*

Obsessive-Compulsive

46

43

0.45

30

56

−3.43***

Interpersonal Sensitivity

55

30

4.01***

23

56

−4.36***

Depression

41

37

0.61

42

47

−0.66

Anxiety

46

43

0.45

44

42

0.27

Hostility

44

44

0.00

44

33

1.53

Phobic Anxiety

31

37

−0.91

23

47

−3.15**

Paranoid Ideation

56

39

2.56*

40

44

−0.53

Psychoticism

52

37

2.28*

40

44

−0.53

GSI

52

48

0.59

33

63

−4.07***

  1. Note. z test of statistical significance, GSI Global Severity Index
  2. p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001, two-tailed