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Challenges of Assessing Maltreated Children Coming into Foster Care
Table 5
SDQ scores by gender compared with a normative sample.
| | Mean scores (SD) | -test | | Normative sample | Current sample | | | | Boys () | Girls () | Boys () | Girls () | Boys | Girls |
| Total difficulties | 10 | 8.6 | 12 | 11.81 | | | Emotional symptoms | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.69 | 2.75 | | | Conduct problems | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.66 | 1.88 | | | Hyperactivity | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.07 | 5.44 | | | Peer problems | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.90 | 1.75 | | | Prosocial behaviours | 7.5 | 8.0 | 6.21 | 7.56 | | | Impact | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.17 | 1.00 | | |
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Data from http://www.sdqinfo.com/norms/UK3yearNorm.html.
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