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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2015 Oct 9;54(12):977–983. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.09.010

TABLE 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Callous-Unemotional (CU) Traits and Caregiving Qualities by Group and Sex

NIG
EIG
Group differencesa FCG
CAUG
Group differencesa
Boys (n = 21) Girls (n = 29) Boys (n = 50) Girls (n = 45) Boys (n = 24) Girls (n = 24) Boys (n = 26) Girls (n = 21)
CU traits 17.87 (7.96) 16.90 (7.86) 24.20 (10.89) 22.16 (9.15) EIG boys > NIG girls, NIG boys; EIG girls > NIG girls 20.38 (9.39) 22.42 (8.11) 27.74 (11.14) 21.86 (10.41) CAUG boys > CAUG girls, FCG boys
Above CU cutoff, n (%) 1 (5) 1 (3) 9 (18) 4 (9) EIG boys > NIG girls 1 (4) 1 (4) 8 (31) 3 (14) CAUG boys > CAUG girls, FCG boys
Caregiver warmth 2.68 (0.64) 2.57 (0.76) 2.53 (0.57) 2.53 (0.74) 2.70 (0.64) 2.89 (0.71) 2.38 (0.46) 2.21 (0.66) FCG girls > CAUG boys, CAUG girls
Caregiver responsiveness to distress 2.45 (0.82) 2.65 (0.68) 2.54 (0.67) 2.50 (0.78) 2.72 (0.75) 2.67 (0.83) 2.38 (0.75) 2.31 (0.68)

Note: Data are shown as mean (SD) except where noted. CAUG = care-as-usual group; EIG = ever-institutionalized group; FCG = foster care group; NIG = never-institutionalized group.

a

Group differences were determined using pairwise comparisons following 4-group categorical coding and least-significant differences post hoc test at p < .05.