Labelling effects and adolescent responses to peers with depression: an experimental investigation

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for between category accentuation and within category assimilation scores

Variable	Condition	Time	Between category accentuation			Within category assimilation
			Min-Max	M	SD	Min-Max	M	SD
Mental health	Control	1	0–4	1.55	1.01	0.00–3.00	1.28	0.58
		2	0–4	1.75	1.08	0.00–3.00	1.25	0.62
		3	0–4	1.90	1.03	0.00–3.00	1.14	0.67
Mental health	Label	1	0–4	1.71	0.98	0.50–3.00	1.34	0.58
		2	0–4	1.90	1.05	0.50–2.50	1.35	0.60
		3	0–4	1.94	1.05	0.50–3.50	1.41	0.66
Mental health	Continuum	1	0–4	1.59	0.91	0.00–2.50	1.24	0.54
		2	0–5	1.90	1.10	0.00–3.50	1.16	0.67
		3	0–5	1.82	1.11	0.00–3.00	1.25	0.69
Sympathy	Control	1	0–4	1.50	1.03	0.00–3.00	1.20	0.67
		2	0–5	1.59	1.25	0.00–3.50	1.17	0.70
		3	0–5	1.40	1.27	0.00–4.00	1.19	0.77
Sympathy	Label	1	0–4	1.76	1.04	0.00–4.00	1.27	0.88
		2	0–5	1.50	1.22	0.00–3.50	1.15	0.73
		3	0–5	1.50	1.21	0.00–3.00	1.22	0.74
Sympathy	Continuum	1	0–5	1.55	1.12	0.00–2.50	1.23	0.69
		2	0–5	1.50	1.40	0.00–4.50	1.21	0.93
		3	0–5	1.48	1.32	0.00–3.00	1.23	0.85
Anger	Control	1	0–2	0.63	0.79	0.00–2.50	0.61	0.75
		2	0–4	0.62	0.95	0.00–2.50	0.47	0.64
		3	0–3	0.56	0.83	0.00–3.00	0.65	0.75
Anger	Label	1	0–3	0.81	1.01	0.00–2.50	0.60	0.61
		2	0–5	0.63	0.95	0.00–2.50	0.58	0.62
		3	0–4	0.60	0.89	0.00–4.00	0.52	0.75
Anger	Continuum	1	0–3	0.79	0.89	0.00–4.00	0.93	0.83
		2	0–5	1.11	1.27	0.00–5.00	0.89	1.06
		3	0–5	0.88	1.14	0.00–4.00	0.97	1.01
Discomfort	Control	1	0–4	1.38	1.14	0.00–3.50	0.76	0.80
		2	0–4	1.17	1.09	0.00–2.50	0.60	0.56
		3	0–4	0.92	1.20	0.00–2.50	0.78	0.63
Discomfort	Label	1	0–4	1.32	1.04	0.00–3.50	1.15	0.97
		2	0–4	1.13	1.15	0.00–3.50	1.05	0.82
		3	0–4	1.17	1.07	0.00–2.50	0.83	0.73
Discomfort	Continuum	1	0–5	1.38	1.41	0.00–2.50	1.09	0.85
		2	0–5	1.59	1.53	0.00–5.00	1.10	0.99
		3	0–5	1.46	1.48	0.00–3.50	0.88	0.82

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