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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Adopt Q. 2012 Nov 27;15(4):241–264. doi: 10.1080/10926755.2012.731029

Table 5.

Developmental means and standard deviations across environment (orphanage vs. foster care)

Time 1
Time 2
Time 3
O FC O FC O FC



M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD



Communication 36.09 15.81 38.88 14.94 46.56 11.72 46.70 13.61 51.96 7.42 52.79 10.36
Fine-motor 43.80 13.09 48.44 11.68 43.44 12.70 47.34 10.57 48.78 12.26 47.12 11.69
Gross-motor 46.85 15.89 49.48 14.60 52.67 11.31 53.94 9.09 53.00 10.57 54.42 8.89
Personal-social 42.93 12.32 42.96 12.83 47.00 9.79 46.25 10.18 53.59 8.48 51.25 9.64
Problem-solving 42.22 15.76 44.69 14.75 46.67 11.63 47.23 11.22 49.55 13.72 52.12 9.36

Note. Time 1 = 6 months post-adoption; Time 2 = 12 months post-adoption; Time 3 = 24 months post-adoption; O = orphanage; FC = foster care; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.