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Table 3 ASEBA scales scores.

From: Clinician-rated mental health in outpatient child and adolescent mental health services: associations with parent, teacher and adolescent ratings

 

CBCL (n= 153)

TRF (n= 153)

YSR (n= 75)

ASEBA

Mean (SD)

Effects1

Mean (SD)

Effects1

Mean (SD)

Effects1

Syndrome Scales:

  

Sex

Age

  

Sex

Age

  

Sex

   Anxious/depressed

6.2

(4.9)

  

4.8

(4.4)

  

7.1

(6.0)

G > B***

   Withdrawn/depressed

3.7

(3.2)

 

O > Y*

3.0

(3.1)

 

O > Y***

4.5

(3.6)

G > B***

   Somatic complaints

3.4

(3.1)

G > B**

 

1.4

(2.2)

  

3.9

(3.9)

G > B**

   Social problems

5.2

(3.7)

  

3.5

(3.3)

B > G*

 

4.4

(3.8)

 

   Thought problems

3.1

(2.9)

  

1.3

(1.9)

B > G*

 

5.2

(4.8)

G > B**

   Attention problems

7.6

(4.6)

B > G*

 

17.4

(12.0)

B > G***

 

6.4

(3.8)

 

   Rule-breaking behaviour

4.0

(4.0)

B > G*

 

3.2

(4.1)

B > G*

O > Y*

5.5

(4.6)

 

   Aggressive behaviour

9.7

(7.3)

B > G*

 

8.2

(8.8)

B > G***

 

8.5

(5.8)

 

Internalizing problems

13.3

(9.0)

G > B*

 

9.2

(7.5)

 

O > Y**

15.5

(12.2)

G > B***

Externalizing problems

13.7

(10.4)

B > G*

 

11.5

(11.8)

B > G***

 

13.9

(9.5)

 

Total problems

46.7

(24.3)

  

44.0

(27.9)

B > G***

 

49.9

(30.7)

G > B*

  1. Mean (SD) and the effects of sex and age on the ASEBA scales.
  2. 1 Effects were analysed using the general linear model (GLM) in SPSS, and the significant effects are shown. There were no significant interaction effects (sex × age).
  3. *P < 0.05 and false-discovery rate (FDR) < 0.14, **P < 0.01 and FDR < 0.05, ***P < 0.001 and FDR < 0.002, G = girls, B = boys, Y = younger (6-10 years), O = older (11-17 years).