Table 1

Scale Scores on the MAYSI-2

	Total (N = 1,942)^{^a}	Female (n = 357)	Male (n = 1,585)	t-test	White (n = 605)	Black (n = 1,337)	t-test
Alcohol/drug use (8 items)	2.10 (2.33)	2.35 (2.43)	2.04 (2.30)	2.16^*	2.96 (2.61)	1.71 (2.07)	10.43^***
Angry–irritable (9 items)	4.29 (2.83)	5.01 (2.68)	4.13 (2.84)	5.52^***	4.44 (2.86)	4.23 (2.83)	1.52
Depressed–anxious (9 items)	2.74 (2.33)	3.68 (2.45)	2.53 (2.25)	8.16^***	2.89 (2.44)	2.68 (2.28)	1.82
Somatic complaints (6 items)	2.97 (1.88)	3.57 (1.75)	2.83 (1.88)	6.79^***	3.36 (1.88)	2.79 (1.85)	6.29^***
Suicidal ideation (5 items)	0.81 (1.42)	1.41 (1.72)	0.68 (1.30)	7.64^***	1.02 (1.60)	0.72 (1.32)	4.04^***
Thought disturbances (5 items)	0.81 (1.42)	0.90 (1.11)	0.79 (1.04)	1.82	0.76 (1.03)	0.83 (1.06)	−1.28
Traumatic experiences (5 items)	2.21 (1.58)	2.44 (1.65)	2.13 (1.56)	2.16^*	2.32 (1.59)	2.16 (1.57)	2.19^*

↵Data are expressed as the mean (SD). Two-tailed t-test: *p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001.
↵a Total number of MAYSI-2 administrations, based on 1,455 unique participants.