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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Med Child Neurol. 2003 Oct;45(10):683–692. doi: 10.1017/S0012162203001270

Table IV.

Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach 1991) T-scores for Syndrome scale by IQ group and sex; mean (SD) and % at riska

Problems Low IQ (56–84)
Middle IQ (85–100)
High IQ (101–130)
pb
(n=47; 25M, 22F) (n=58; 24M, 34F) (n=56; 33M, 23F)
Social Problems
 Overall 67.77 (10.18) 65.41 (10.74) 59.38 (10.11) 0.0034
51% 43% 20%
 Male 64.84 (7.81) 64.71 (11.56) 59.36 (9.04) 0.8095
44% 42% 18%
 Female 71.09 (11.63) 65.91 (10.27) 59.39 (11.70)
59% 44% 22%
Thought Problems
 Overall 61.32 (7.69) 61.64 (9.37) 59.09 (7.74) 0.2739
36% 24% 23%
 Male 62.04 (6.97) 62.63 (10.44) 60.39 (8.40) 0.1866
36% 38% 33%
 Female 60.50 (8.52) 60.94 (8.62) 57.22 (6.40)
36% 15% 9%
Attention Problems
 Overall 69.85 (10.10) 68.26 (12.27) 61.63 (9.17) 0.0009
64% 60% 30%
 Male 67.48 (9.99) 67.63 (13.24) 62.39 (10.25) 0.0013
48% 54% 39%
 Female 72.55 (9.76) 68.71 (11.71) 60.52 (7.45)
82% 65% 17%
a

For Syndrome scales, at risk is defined as a score of 67 or higher. In addition, normative means (SDs) for these scales are 54 and 6 respectively, for all Syndrome scales except Thought Problems, which has a mean of 53 (SD 6). Normative percentage at risk is approximately 2%.

b

p value is for Wald test from logistic model for IQ group overall or interaction of sex and IQ when reporting results by sex.