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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2009 Oct 8;33(9):598–611. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.07.008

Table 2.

Mean Scores for Developmental and Behavioral Domains by Intensity of CW Involvement and Time Period for Children ages 12–47 months in NSCAW 1

Intensity of CW Involvement

Domain In-home, no Services Mean (SD) In-home, Services Mean (SD) Out-of-home Mean (SD) Total Mean (SD) Comparisons by Intensity of CW Involvement p-value

Developmental/Cognitive t=2.12; p=.037 In-home, no services > Out-of-home at Follow-up
Baseline 84.54 (18.76) 85.88 (18.55) 87.32 (19.79) 85.11 (18.92)
Follow-up 92.51 (18.42) 90.01 (17.63) 86.10 (16.15) 91.32(17.61)

 Comparisons by Time t=−2.95; p=.004 t= −2.11; p=.038. n.s t=−2.99; p=.004

Language and Communication
Baseline 85.32 (18.31) 82.99 (17.16) 83.27 (16.41) 84.58 (17.45)
Follow-up 89.01 (18.20) 88.29 (19.60) 87.98(19.00) 88.74 (19.05)

 Comparisons by Time t=−2.14; p=.035 t=−3.29; p=.002 n.s. t= −3.01; p=.004

Adaptive Behavior t= 2.90; p=.0048 In-home, no services > Out-of-home at Baseline
Baseline 93.07 (16.95) 90.78 (16.52) 85.96 (15.41) 91.87 (16.69)
Follow-up 92.18 (16.81) 90.95 (17.16) 90.63 (18.41) 91.75 (17.40)

 Comparisons by Time n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s.

Behavior2 t=−2.30; p=0.0242 In- home, no services < Out-of-home at Baseline
Baseline 51.63 (10.28) 53.99 (10.39) 56.77 (11.25) 52.69(10.58)
Follow-up 53.66 (10.42) 55.46 (11.12) 51.60 (11.94) 53.92(11.11)

Comparisons by Time Period t=2.21; p=.03 n.s. n.s. n.s.
1

All estimates are weighted. Standard deviations are unweighted.

2

The CBCL is normed for children ages two and above, therefore children under the age of two were not included in these analyses.