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Outcome Research - Control

TABLE 1

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

CATEGORIACAL VARIABLES*

TREATMENT GROUP

CONTROL GROUP

Variable

N=34

%

N = 30

%

Gender                                     Male

Female

24

71%

14

47%

10

29%

16

53%

Race                                Caucasian

African American

Asian

30

88%

26

87%

2

6%

1

3%

2

6%

3

10%

Type of Adoption                      U.S.

International

18

53%

26

87%

16

47%

4

13%

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES**

TREATMENT GROUP

CONTROL GROUP

Variable

Mean

Range

SD

MEAN

RANGE

SD

Age at Adoption (years)

7

.2 – 14.5

3.8

5.4

.2 – 16

4.9

Number of Prior Treatment episodes (82%) (83%)

3.4

0-18

4.4

2.7

0 – 9

2.1

Age began treatment (Experimental group)

Age at Evaluation (Control Group) (years)

9.4

6 – 15.2

2.6

11.7

5.3 – 16.2

4

# of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, an attachment-based therapy sessions

23

4 – 39

11.6

N.A

Length of Treatment (months)

10.9

1 – 25

5.8

N.A.

Length of time between follow-up and ending treatment or completing evaluation (years)

1.1

.3 – 2.4

.6

1.3

.3 – 2.6

.7

*Chi-Square comparisons between Control and Treatment Groups:

Gender, X² = 0.004, p=.95; Race, X² = 0.55, p=.76; Type of Adoption, X² = 0.0002, p=.99.

**T-Statistic comparison between Control and Treatment Groups:

Age at Adoption, t = -1.61, p=.11; Number of prior treatment episodes, t = 0.619, p=.54; Age treatment/evaluation began, t = -2.696, p=.01; length of time between follow-up and ending treatment/evaluation, t = 0.80, p=.43

TABLE 2

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

CONTROL GROUP

N=30, df=29

measure
<>mean
Pre-test

SD

Pre-test
<>mean
Post-test

sd

Post-test

t-value

p value

RADQ

67

16.6

69

18.5

-1.065

.30

CBCL Syndrome Scale Scores

Withdrawn

65

10.5

63

9.4

1.427

.16

Anxious/Depressed

62

10.6

60

10.3

1.060

.30

Social Problems

64

11.1

65

11.2

-0.854

.40

Thought Problems

63

8.6

62

8.1

0.984

.33

Attention Problems

68

11.9

66

1O.8

0.927

.36

Rule-Breaking Behavior

67

7.4

66

9.6

1.869

.07

Aggressive Behavior

70

10.2

68

9.4

0.919

.37

TABLE 3

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

PRE-TREATMENT/EVALUATION

TREATMENT VS. CONTROL GROUP

measure
<>mean
TREATMENT GROUP

SD

<>mean
CONTROL GROUP

sd

t-value

p value

RADQ

65

20

67

17

-0.787

.43

CBCL Syndrome Scale Scores

Withdrawn

65

12

65

11

0.156

.88

Anxious/Depressed

62

11

62

11

0.042

.97

Social Problems

67

10

64

11

1.258

.21

Thought Problems

68

10

63

9

1.869

.07

Attention Problems

72

13

68

12

1.260

.21

Rule-Breaking Behavior

69

7

67

7

1.017

.31

Aggressive Behavior

71

9

70

10

0.012

.99

TABLE 4

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

FOLLOW-UP

TREATMENT VS.CONTROL GROUP

measure
<>mean
TREATMENT GROUP

SD
<>mean
CONTROL GROUP

sd

t-value

p value

RADQ

20

12

69

19

-12.23

<.001

CBCL Syndrome Scale Scores

Withdrawn

54

6

63

9

-4.352

<.001

Anxious/Depressed

58

8

60

10

-1.091

.28

Social Problems

59

6

65

11

-2.654

.01

Thought Problems

56

5

62

8

-3.505

.001

Attention Problems

57

6

66

11

-4.239

<.001

Rule-Breaking Behavior

53

4

66

10

-6.733

<.001

Aggressive Behavior

55

5

68

9

-7.104

<.001

TABLE 5

CONTROL GROUP

TYPES OF USUAL CARE RECEIVED AFTER THE EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED

TYPE OF TREATMENT

NUMBER OF SUBJECTS*

Family Therapy

7

Individual Therapy

9

Play Therapy

3

Intensive Outpatient

3

Residential Treatment Center

1

* Note: The total number of control-group subjects was 30. Sixteen received treatment after the evaluation was completed. The total number of subjects in the table is more than 16 because eight subjects received more than one type of treatment.

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