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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Nov 29;54(2):108–15.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.11.011

Table 1.

Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) Scores and Subscores by Group

Ever
Institutionalized
Never
Institutionalized
Ever Institutionalized Group
Care-As-Usual Foster Care
Total SCQ Score 3.50 (7.38)*** 0.02 (0.14) 4.96 (9.21)# 2.08 (4.66)
Domain
Reciprocal Social Interaction 1.42 (3.33)*** 0.01 (0.10) 2.12 (4.19)§ 0.75 (2.02)
Communication 0.91 (1.88)*** 0.00 (0.00) 1.17 (2.25) 0.68 (1.44)
Restricted, Repetitive, and Stereotyped Patterns of Behavior 0.51 (1.38)*** 0.00 (0.00) 0.58 (1.57) 0.43 (1.18)

Note: CAUG = care-as-usual group; EIG = ever-institutionalized group; FCG = foster care group; NIG = never-institutionalized group.

Note: All scores are expressed as mean (SD).

***

p ≤ .001 EIG vs. NIG, two-tailed independent-samples t test

#

p ≤ .001 CAUG vs. FCG, two-tailed independent-samples t test

§

p ≤ .01 CAUG vs. FCG, two-tailed independent-samples t test