Challenges of Assessing Maltreated Children Coming into Foster Care

Table 5

SDQ scores by gender compared with a normative sample.

	Mean scores (SD)				-test
	Normative sample		Current sample
	Boys ()	Girls ()	Boys ()	Girls ()	Boys	Girls
Total difficulties	10	8.6	12	11.81
Emotional symptoms	1.6	1.6	1.69	2.75
Conduct problems	2.6	2.1	2.66	1.88
Hyperactivity	4.1	3.4	5.07	5.44
Peer problems	1.7	1.5	2.90	1.75
Prosocial behaviours	7.5	8.0	6.21	7.56
Impact	0.4	0.2	2.17	1.00

Data from http://www.sdqinfo.com/norms/UK3yearNorm.html.