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Table 1 Description of participants included in the current analysis

From: Maltreatment history, trauma symptoms and research reactivity among adolescents in child protection services

Variables

Initial test (N = 382)

M (SD)

Age in years

15.87 (1.05)

Gender (% male)

48.2%

Self-identified ethnicity

 White

30.4%

 Black

26.1%

 Other

13.9%

 Combination of two or more

29.6%

Child protective services status

 Crown ward (parent rights terminated)

60.7%

 Society ward (parent-CPS sharing rights)

13.7%

 Interim/temporary care

7.0%

 Community family

18.6%

Living status

 Group home

21.5%

 Foster home

43.9%

 In community with parents/caregivers

28.5%

 Other

6.1%

Number of years involved with CPS

5.75 (4.24)

Number of different CPS workers

3.06 (1.60)