Table 1.
Sample demographics
| MT Group (n=25) | Control Group (n=24) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P | |
| Age at assessment (y) | 10.60 | 1.75 | 10.42 | 1.64 | 0.71 | |
| Range | 8–14 | 7–13 | ||||
| WASI‐IQ (4‐subscale) | 101.48 | 10.56 | 104.42 | 9.49 | 0.18 | |
| SESa | 2.50 | 0.83 | 2.87 | 0.97 | 0.14 | |
| Relationship quality (EBF‐KJ) | 68.08 | 1.73 | 70.86 | 8.03 | 0.27 | |
| CBCLb Externalizing | 64.44 | 10.02 | 52.09 | 9.58 | <.001 | |
| CBCLb Internalizing | 60.16 | 8.53 | 51.78 | 7.47 | 0.001 | |
| n | % | n | % | P | ||
| Gender (female) | 12 | 48% | 12 | 50% | 0.89 | |
| Nationality | ||||||
| Caucasian | 14 | 56% | 21 | 88% | 0.00 | |
| Medicationc | ||||||
| None | 23 | 84% | 23 | 96% | 0.17 | |
| FAS‐Score | ||||||
| No features | 21 | 84% | / | / | ||
| Mild‐Moderate | 4 | 16% | / | / | ||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Maltreatment subtype | ||||||
| Emotional or physical neglect | 16 | 64% | / | / | ||
| Abandonment | 6 | 24% | / | / | ||
| Physical abuse | 2 | 8% | / | / | ||
| Domestic Violence | 1 | 4% | / | / | ||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |||
| Age at separation (mo) | 12.71 | 12.65 | / | / | ||
| Range | 0.25–39 | / | / | |||
| Demographics | ||||||
| Time spent in permanent family | 109.76 | 26.98 | 125.04 | 19.68 | ||
| Number of placements | 1.72 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Range | 0–4 | 0–0 | ||||
a
SES= Socioeconomic status.
b
CBCL = Child Behaviour Checklist T‐scores (Achenbach and Edelbrock, 1991).
c
Medication n = 3 MT, discontinued 24 h before assessment.