Gender Differences in Health Practices in Middle Adolescent Boys and Girls : Table 3

Table 3: Proportional Means and Ranks of 5 most and 5 least practiced health behavior items.
From the ALP-R2 for Males (N=161) and Females (N=150) Note: 1. Positive Life Perspective, 2. Stress Management, 3. Health Responsibility, 4. Spirital Health, 5. Interpersonal Relations.

Item Number		Subscale	Mean	Rank
Males
	Most Frequent
	# 30	Nutrition	3.46	1
	# 39	PLP1	3.35	2
	# 25	SM2	3.32	3
	# 23	PLP	3.28	4
	# 38	PLP	3.26	5
	Least Frequent
	# 34	HR3	2.13	40
	# 41	SH4	2.12	41
	# 35	SM	2.06	42
	# 33	HR	2.03	43
	# 20	SH	1.90	44
Females
	Most Frequent
	# 30	Nutrition	3.41	1
	# 39	PLP	3.39	2
	# 6	IR5	3.23	3
	# 12	IR	3.19	4
	# 38	PLP	3.13	5
	Least Frequent
	# 33	HR	2.00	40
	# 34	HR	1.97	41
	# 8	HR	1.92	42
	# 20	SH	1.90	43
	# 22	HR	1.43	44