Assessing change in the behavior of children and adolescents in youth welfare institutions using goal attainment scaling

Table 4 Correlation matrix for social goals at the initial (t1) and last (tn) measurement

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
(1) Ability to communicate		0.55*	0.51*	0.42*	0.51*	0.35*	0.46*	0.57*	0.72*
(2) Conflict management	0.64*		0.63*	0.51*	0.52*	0.45*	0.48*	0.51*	0.78*
(3) Ability to criticize/take criticism	0.60*	0.70*		0.49*	0.48*	0.43*	0.42*	0.47*	0.74*
(4) Reliability/ rule compliance	0.56*	0.59*	0.56*		0.49*	0.55*	0.40*	0.35*	0.72*
(5) Independence	0.61*	0.61*	0.56*	0.59*		0.46*	0.57*	0.52*	0.77*
(6) Behavior at school/ vocational training	0.46*	0.55*	0.52*	0.60*	0.49*		0.45*	0.35*	0.70*
(7) Future perspective	0.52*	0.56*	0.53*	0.52*	0.63*	0.50*		0.50*	0.74*
(8) Integration into (peer)groups/ friendship	0.54*	0.54*	0.47*	0.37*	0.46*	0.31*	0.47*		0.73*
(9) Total score	0.78*	0.84*	0.80*	0.78*	0.80*	0.72*	0.78*	0.67*

Correlations were based on N = 431 at the initial measurement (t1; right triangle) and N = 415 at the last measurement (tn; left triangle); Pearson’s correlation coefficient r: 0.1-0.3 small effect, 0.3-0.5 medium effect, > 0.5 large effect; p-level (adjusted) for 72 correlations: *p = .01 → p = .000139.

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