Table 2.

Adjustment and adoption outcomes by trajectory group membership.

				Trajectory Group M(SD) [Min, Max]
Outcome Variable	F-value	Pseudo R2	No (n = 79)	Stopped (n = 26)	Limited (n = 50)	Extended (n = 35)
BSI GSI	4.52**	.26	49.00(14.67) [30, 80]	50.75(14.13) [30, 80]	56.78(13.35)* [35, 80]	47.75(13.60) [30, 80]
Autonomy	2.91*	.12	40.55(7.14) [27, 54]	38.19(9.19) [18, 53]	37.82(6.02)* [23, 48]	42.92(7.42) [30, 54]
Env. Mastery	2.30	.22	40.43(9.11) [23, 52]	37.88(10.43) [17, 50]	38.68(8.27) [21, 52]	42.71(7.24) [26, 54]
Positive Relations	6.21**	.30	45.19(8.01) [26, 54]	41.75(7.72)* [29, 53]	41.61(7.65)* [26, 54]	47.33(6.36) [35, 54]
Adoptive Identity Scale	.24	.20	42.75(6.32) [27, 53]	44.44(5.23) [35, 56]	44.23(6.27) [30, 55]	43.87(5.55) [32, 55]
Positive Affect	.67	.20	87.89(10.26) [64, 100]	83.67(16.20) [51, 100]	84.00(16.69) [36, 100]	83.96(15.86) [29, 100]
Negative Experiences	1.36	.50	10.73(2.34) [7, 15]	9.52(2.20) [7, 15]	10.94(2.92) [7, 19]	10.92(3.97) [7, 21]
Desirability	9.64**	.26	13.03(3.43)* [6, 19]	15.18(3.63)* [7, 20]	15.59(3.55)* [10, 20]	18.08(3.17) [5, 20]
Satisfaction	5.23**	.15	10.36(3.13)* [3, 15]	11.71(2.66) [8, 15]	11.21(3.08)* [4, 15]	13.50(1.72) [10, 15]
Being Placed	2.04	.17	8.35(1.53) [6, 10]	9.12(1.54) [4, 10]	8.55(1.74) [4, 10]	9.25(1.11) [6, 10]

Note. Group sizes are based on all 190 cases whereas means and standard deviations are based on available data. An asterisk on a group mean/standard deviation indicates significant difference from the Extended Contact group. All models include gender, W3 negative experiences, W4 age, and W4 education as covariates. Reported F-values are for the effect of trajectory group membership on the outcome variable. Pseudo R² values represent comparisons between intercept-only models and models with trajectory group and covariates/auxiliary variables as predictors. BSI GSI = Brief Symptom Inventory Global Severity Index; Env. Mastery = Environmental Mastery.

For F-values: **p < .01, *p < .05;

For pairwise comparisons: *p < .0167.