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The Developmental Factors of Identity Strategies Variation among Schooled Central African Adolescent Refugees in the East-Region of Cameroon

Open Journal of Educational Research | Vol 1, Issue 1

Table 1. Gender in the construction of identity strategies among Central Africanrefugee adolescents and their socio-emotional adaptation

IndicatorsAverage/Standard deviation
Girl refugees
(n = 77)
Boy refugees
(n = 107)
z-testProbability
(p)

Identity strategies
Self redefinition7.10/3.339.47/3.51-4.606.008
Self-display6.75/3.258.96/3.37-4.464.000
Self repair6.05/2.877.76/3.68-3.390.000
Self/other cancellation4.69/2.205.99/4.94-2.167.01

Emotion Regulatory strategies
Revaluation28.68/7.6727.99/7.900.587.032
Deletion17.04/5.8917.36/6.13-0.361.017

Cognitive Coping of Emotions
Adaptive64.77/5.3965.60/5.29-0.318.001
Not adaptive45.10/5.0543.17/5.640.883.0379