Table 5.
Mean scores of emotional and behavioral problems according to school variables for the TRF
| Independent variables | Social Problems |
Thought Problems |
Attention Problems |
Internalizing | Externalizing | Total Problems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Regular contact between teachers and orphanage staff | ||||||
| Yes | 2.3 (3.0) | 1.2 (2.0) | 10.0 (10.5) | 9.12 (8.7) | 7.4 (9.3) | 31.4 (29.9) |
| No | 4.0 (3.5)* | 1.9 (2.0) | 18.4 (13.9)* | 12.0 (9.1)* | 11.4 (10.9)* | 49.4 (35.0)* |
| Appropriate task involvement | ||||||
| Yes | 1.9 (2.6) | .84 (1.6) | 7.6 (7.7) | 8.67 (8.2) | 5.8 (7.5) | 25.9 (24.4) |
| No | 4.3 (3.7)* | 2.5 (2.8)* | 20.5 (14.1)* | 11.4 (9.4)* | 14.1 (12.6)* | 54.4 (37.5)* |
| Characteristics of close friends | ||||||
| Negative behaviors | 4.0 (3.7)* | 2.1 (2.9)* | 19.3 (14.8)* | 8.8 (9.0) | 15.4 (13.6)* | 51.0 (39.2)* |
| Positive behaviors | 2.3 (2.9) | 1.2 (1.8) | 9.5 (9.7) | 10.0 (8.7) | 6.2 (7.4) | 30.5 (27.7) |
| Stigmatization | ||||||
| Yes | 8.0 (3.6)* | 3.2 (4.0)* | 24.6 (12.8)* | 13.2 (9.4)* | 19.0 (14.0)* | 70.6 (31.5)* |
| No | 2.6 (3.2) | 1.4 (2.2) | 12.0 (12.1) | 9.6 (8.8) | 8.5 (10.3) | 35.6 (32.3) |
*
p<.05.