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

Table 5 Correlation matrix between social goals and CBCL/YSR at the initial measurement

	CBCL internalizing	CBCL externalizing	CBCL total problems	YSR internalizing	YSR externalizing	YSR total problems
(1) Ability to communicate	−0.38*	−0.21*	−0.37*	−0.23*	−0.16	−0.21*
(2) Conflict management	−0.31*	−0.47*	−0.52*	−0.17	−0.34*	−0.28*
(3) Ability to criticize/ take criticism	−0.30*	−0.42*	−0.45*	−0.22*	−0.35*	−0.32*
(4) Reliability/ rule compliance	−0.14	−0.44*	−0.39*	−0.04	−0.31*	−0.19
(5) Independence	−0.28*	−0.29*	−0.42*	−0.22*	−0.28*	−0.29*
(6) Behavior at school/ vocational training	−0.11	−0.43*	−0.37*	−0.07	−0.38*	−0.26*
(7) Future perspective	−0.17	−0.26*	−0.31*	−0.16	−0.23*	−0.22*
(8) Integration into (peer)groups/ friendship	−0.35*	−0.29*	−0.44*	−0.26*	−0.21*	−0.24*
(9) Total score	−0.34*	−0.48*	−0.55*	−0.23*	−0.39*	−0.34*

Correlations were based on N = 404 for social goals*CBCL and N = 396 for social goals*YSR; 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 54 correlations: *p = .01 → p = .000185.

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