Table 6.
Differences in child characteristics for children meeting screening criteria for an anxiety or mood disorder (initial bivariate analyses).
| Child characteristics | Screening criteria met for any anxiety disorder |
Screening criteria met for any mood disorder |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % or M (SD) |
% or M (SD) |
|||
| No, n = 46 | Yes, n = 155 | No, n = 112 | Yes, n = 89 | |
| Age (years) | 9.13 (2.83) | 9.13 (2.32) | 9.10 (2.47) | 9.17 (2.41) |
| Gender: male | 80.4% | 84.5% | 87.5% | 78.7% |
| Ethnicity: Hispanic | 65.2% | 58.7% | 56.3% | 65.2% |
| Cognitive Standard Scorea | 92.27 (14.50) | 87.39 (16.95) | 87.55 (19.93) | 89.55 (14.73) |
| ADOS-2 Comparison Score | 7.27 (1.80) | 6.99 (2.09) | 7.50 (1.78) | 6.47 (2.18)*** |
| SRS-2 Total T-Score | 75.28 (13.23) | 81.37 (10.09)** | 78.41 (11.93) | 81.94 (9.79)* |
| ECBI Intensity T-Score | 60.59 (11.14) | 63.73 (10.15) | 60.92 (10.10) | 65.69 (10.32)** |
ADOS-2:Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2; SRS-2: Social Responsiveness Scale-2; ECBI: Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory; WASI- II: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence-II; DAS-II: Differential Ability Scale-II.
a
Cognitive scores are based on WASI-II or DAS-II.
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001. Indicates a significant difference between children who met screening criteria for a diagnostic category compared to those who did not meet screening criteria for a diagnostic category.