Table 3.
Validity (socioemotional and academic) Variables Are Analyzed by Group
| Group 1, Average |
Group 2, Relatively High |
Group 3, Relatively Low |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | Pairwise Comparisons | |
| Age at assessment | 9.28 | 1.98 | 11.01 | 2.65 | 11.94 | 2.72 | 2 > 1†, 3 > 1* |
| Overall SES | 35.00 | 11.48 | 23.50 | 13.66 | 34.65 | 14.74 | 1 > 2*, 3 > 2† |
| CBCL Externalizing Behaviors | 51.20 | 9.29 | 50.58 | 8.32 | 56.06 | 9.77 | ns |
| CBCL Internalizing Behaviors | 57.03 | 15.73 | 58.58 | 10.14 | 64.35 | 9.58 | ns |
| CBCL Total Problem Behaviors | 60.03 | 10.82 | 56.92 | 10.00 | 64.94 | 7.21 | ns |
| Parent Social Skills Rating System | 91.13 | 19.46 | 96.08 | 15.76 | 85.05 | 15.26 | ns |
| WIAT Reading Comprehension | 81.61 | 12.16 | 94.89 | 12.07 | 68.62 | 19.78 | 2 > 1*,1 > 3† |
| WIAT Broad Mathematics | 74.03 | 14.53 | 88.83 | 11.37 | 56.81 | 15.90 | 2 > 1 > 3* |
| WIAT Word Reading | 87.13 | 11.12 | 95.33 | 10.27 | 75.14 | 16.92 | 2 > 1†,1 > 3* |
| C-DISC any anxiety (%) | 43.75 | 33.33 | 57.14 | ||||
| C-DISC ADHD (%) | 43.75 | 33.33 | 52.38 | ||||
Note: There were significant differences among all three groups for the academic variables, with the lowest functioning group earning the lowest scores and the highest functioning group earning the highest scores. CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist; C-DISC = Computerized Diagnostic Interview for Children; WIAT = Wechsler Individual Achievement Test.
†
p < .05.
*
p < .001.