Table 4.
Changes in social functioning and problematic behavior at the follow-up period (N = 162)
| Baseline (T0) | 6 months (T1) | 12 months (T2) | ANOVA* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | F | p | |
| Social functioning (GAF) | 37.6 | 13.4 | 144 | 42.5 | 15.7 | 146 | 41.9 | 16.2 | 109 | 20.0 | <.01* |
| Problematic behavior (SBS) | 25.1 | 11.4 | 152 | 21.6 | 12.2 | 152 | 18.5 | 12.8 | 57 | 17.5 | <.01* |
| Social withdrawal | 8.5 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 10.4 | <.01* | |||
| Thought disturbance | 7.4 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 9.3 | <.01* | |||
| Depressed behaviour | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 5.9 | <.01* | |||
| Anti-social behaviour | 6.7 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 13.8 | <.01* | |||
SD, standard deviation. GAF, global assessment of functioning. SBS, social behaviour schedule.
*Repeated measure analysis of variance, significance at p < .05.