From: Prevalence of nail biting and its association with mental health in a community sample of children
Scale | Nail biting | Mean | Standard Deviation | 95% Confidence Interval for Mean | |
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Lower Bound | Upper Bound | ||||
Prosocial behavior score | Without | 8.15 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
With | 7.6 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 7.9 | |
Hyperactivity/inattentiveness scale | Without | 5.5 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
With | 5.8 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 6.0 | |
emotional problem score | Without | 3.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
With | 4.3 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | |
Conduct problem Score | Without | 2.9 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
With | 3.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | |
Peer problem score | Without | 4.9 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
With | 5.1 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | |
Total score | Without | 15.9 | 4.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 |
With | 17.3 | 4.6 | 16.5 | 18.1 |