Table 5. Mental health scores from the Behavior Assessment System for Children: Second Edition (BASC-2), Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), and Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) for youth.
| Young children ages 2-5a | School-aged children ages 6-12b | Young adolescents ages 13-15b | Older adolescents ages 16-18b | |
| Mean (SD), median, range | Mean (SD), median, range | Mean (SD), median, range | Mean (SD), median, range | |
| Anxiety | (n=46) | (n=121) | (n=82) | (n=134) |
| Raw score | 8.24 (5.73), 8, 0-23 | 8.95 (5.55), 8, 0-25 | 6.98 (5.34), 6, 0-25 | 8.57 (6), 7, 0-24 |
| T score | 52.43 (12.53), 52, 34-82 | 44.54 (9.93), 43, 12-73 | 44.29 (10.53), 44, 25-76 | 48.85 (11.61), 48, 27-87 |
| Percentage of kids over the cutoff | 6.5% | 7.4% | 7.3% | 17.2% |
| Depression | (n=47) | (n=119) | (n=82) | (n=78) |
| Raw score | 8.91 (4.86), 8, 1-21 | 6.85 (5.88), 6, 0-31 | 5.82 (5.84), 4, 0-30 | 8.32 (7.94), 6, 0-39 |
| T score | 53.38 (12.82), 52, 32-88 | 45.59 (8.06), 44, 35-77 | 43.45 (8.31), 41, 34-79 | 47.03 (11.20), 44, 34-86 |
| Percentage of kids over the cutoff | 8.5% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 9% |
a
Data are parent proxy-report from the Behavior Assessment System for Children: Second Edition (BASC-2).
b
Data are child self-report from the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale and Children’s Depression Inventory.