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Table 4 Divergent and convergent validity of the FIOS

From: Psychometric evaluation of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS) in youngsters with a judicial measure

FIOS

   

N of patients

Self-care

Social Behavior

Oppositional Behavior

Verbal Skills

Distress

YSR/ASR

Internalizing

Low

10

23.0 (4.8)

19.3 (3.7)

13.5 (3.6)

13.6 (1.6)

7.1 (2.2)

  

Medium

47

22.2 (4.9)

20.3 (4.1)

14.0 (4.1)

14.7 (2.0)

7.4 (2.0)

  

High

39

22.3 (4.9)

20.0 (4.1)

14.7 (3.9)

14.7 (2.0)

8.8 (2.3)

  

F-test

 

0.110

0.256

0.469

1.347

5.449**

 

Externalizing

Low

8

23.6 (5.4)

18.4 (4.6)

12.3 (2.1)

14.9 (2.6)

7.0 (1.6)

  

Medium

35

22.7 (5.2)

20.8 (4.3)

13.9 (3.8)

14.7 (2.0)

7.5 (1.8)

  

High

53

21.8 (4.5)

19.8 (3.8)

14.7 (4.2)

14.5 (1.9)

8.4 (2.5)

  

F-test

 

0.677

1.353

1.569

0.241

2.724

TRF

Internalizing

Low

4

21.3 (3.8)

19.0 (3.5)

13.5 (1.9)

15.5 (2.4)

7.8 (1.3)

  

Medium

38

22.6 (4.9)

20.0 (4.4)

14.5 (4.3)

14.1 (2.1)

8.0 (2.1)

  

High

68

22.2 (5.2)

19.9 (4.1)

14.3 (3.7)

14.5 (2.0)

7.9 (2.4)

  

F-test

 

0.173

0.109

0.145

1.193

0.046

 

Externalizing

Low

4

24.0 (2.2)

17.5 (1.3)

11.3 (1.7)

14.3 (2.5)

7.8 (1.9)

  

Medium

32

22.5 (5.0)

18.4 (3.7)

13.8 (3.6)

14.9 (2.0)

7.8 (2.2)

  

High

74

22.2 (5.1)

20.7 (4.2)

14.7 (4.0)

14.2 (2.0)

8.0 (2.3)

  

F-test

 

0.263

4.290*

1.990

1.438

0.042

  1. Note: * p < .05;** p < .01 For each FIOS scale, means and s.d. (in brackets) are presented for the three groups of the YSR/ASR and TRF.