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. 2016 Oct 31;42(4):434–444. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsw089

Table IV. Estimated Means of Child Adjustment Across Family Profiles

Cohesive families
 Permissive families
 Controlling/ disengaged
 Controlling/ enmeshed
 Comparison
 Group differences
Variable M SE M SE M SE M SE χ2,  p-value
CBCL IntBa 50.84 0.44 54.04 0.87 58.02 2.02 57.84 0.85 χ2(3,1030) = 63.85*** CD & CE & P > COH
CBCLInt1 49.40 0.45 53.30 0.90 56.93 1.74 55.89 0.88 χ2(3,1030) = 60.22*** CD & CE & P > COH
CBCLInt2 48.74 0.49 53.74 0.98 51.03 2.31 56.36 0.96 χ2(3,1030) = 57.36*** CE & P > COH
CBCLInt3 49.20 0.51 51.67 1.03 55.54 1.83 55.21 0.91 χ2(3,1030) = 40.73*** CD & CE & P > COH
CBCLInt4 48.59 0.53 51.24 1.04 52.88 1.75 54.01 0.97 χ2(3,1030) = 27.84*** CD & CE & P > COH
CBCLExtBb 48.26 0.41 50.67 0.79 57.61 1.61 55.02 0.85 χ2(3,1030) = 77.68*** CD & CE & P > COH; CD & CE > P
CBCLExt1c 47.16 0.43 49.63 0.86 55,76 1.53 54.05 0.99 χ2(3,1030) = 65.27*** CD & CE & P > COH; CD & CE > P
CBCLExt2 46.93 0.45 49.07 0.89 54.59 1.80 54.90 0.99 χ2(3,1030) = 65.35*** CD & CE & P > COH; CD & CE > P
CBCLExt3 47.26 0.46 48.66 0.86 55.49 1.80 52.74 1.01 χ2(3,1030) = 40.79*** CD & CE > COH & P
CBCLExt4 46.82 0.47 47.82 0.92 55.98 2.18 51.92 0.93 χ2(3,1030) = 38.45*** CD & CE & P > COH; CD & CE > P
YSR Int1 45.10 0.84 50.37 1.30 47.71 3.86 49.47 1.64 χ2(3,303) = 12.25** P & CE > COH
YSR Int 2 44.49 0.84 48.07 1.34 44.00 2.36 48.61 1.40 χ2(3,303) = 9.70* P & CE > COH
YSR Int 3 43.25 0.86 46.55 1.36 43/94 1.87 46.69 1.57 χ2(3,303) = 5.73 P & CE > COH
YSR Ext1d 45.60 0.84 48.47 1.09 46.42 3.92 49.81 1.71 χ2(3,303) = 6.39, p =.09 P & CE > COH
YSR Ext2 45.38 0.86 50.01 1.14 44.35 4.54 50.83 1.64 χ2(3,303) = 13.72** P & CE > COH
YSR Ext3 46.73 0.81 48.71 1.31 48.31 3.85 48.50 1.69 χ2(3,303) = 1.90
FEV1PPBe 95.21 0.55 94.33 1.14 90.87 2.83 95.18 1.15 χ2(3,1030) = 2.51
FEV1PPT1 95.29 0.59 95.25 1.28 89.34 3.46 95.99 1.29 χ2(3,1030) = 3.13
FEV1PPT2 95.15 0.58 93.59 1.27 91.10 2.78 96.18 1.27 χ2(3,1030) = 3.58
FEV1PPT3 94.77 0.59 94.87 1.24 91.08 3.43 95.24 1.24 χ2(3,1030) = 1.26
FEV1PPT4 95.79 0.61 95.96 1.22 94.17 3.10 95.17 1.31 χ2(3,1030) = 0.49

Note. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. N = 1,030 for all measures except YSR. N = 303 for youth self-reports of internalizing and externalizing.

a

Parent-reported child internalizing symptoms; bParent-reported child externalizing symptoms; cYouth self-reported internalizing symptoms; dYouth self-reported externalizing symptoms; ePercentage of predicted 1-s Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1PP): higher scores indicate better pulmonary functioning.