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Published in final edited form as: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2010;39(4):492–505. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2010.486321

Table 3.

Continuity of Child Behavior from Age 3 to 5: Age 3 CBCL scores, categorized by subsequent Age 5 DISC classifications.

CBCL Scales (Age 3)	Developmentally Delayed			Cohen’s d	Typically Developing			Cohen’s d
CBCL Scales (Age 3)	No DBD (Age 5) (n=44)	ADHD (Age 5) (n=37)	t-value	Cohen’s d	No DBD (Age 5) (n=99)	ADHD (Age 5) (n=17)	t-value	Cohen’s d
Total Beh. Prob.	53.69 (9.00)	63.15 (10.35)	3.95^***	0.98	47.60 (8.94)	57.82 (8.46)	4.39^***	1.17
Externalizing Beh. Prob.	52.36 (8.39)	62.26 (10.64)	4.22^***	1.03	46.92 (9.17)	58.53 (8.36)	4.88^***	1.32
Aggression	54.51 (5.28)	61.85 (10.32)	4.11^***	0.90	52.73 (5.67)	59.06 (8.09)	4.62^***	0.91
Attention Problems	56.95 (6.88)	63.15 (10.27)	2.76^**	0.71	52.29 (4.58)	57.76 (7.36)	4.55^***	0.89
ADHD Scale	55.44 (5.81)	60.15 (8.76)	2.75^**	0.63	52.33 (4.44)	57.53 (7.07)	4.58^***	0.88

p< .05;

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p < .01;

^***

p < .001