Patterns and predictors of adaptive skills in 2- to 7-year-old children with Down syndrome

Table 5 Multiple regression models predicting adaptive skill standard scores (n = 42^a)

	B	SE B	p	β	Semi-partial r	Cohen’s f²
Communication (adjusted R² = 0.53)
Chronological age	− 0.87	1.31	0.51	− 0.09	− 0.07	<0.01
DAS-II GCA	0.51	0.19	0.01*	0.38	0.30	0.04
VABS-3 motor skills SS	0.35	0.15	0.03*	0.27	0.25	0.02
SRS-2 total T-score	− 0.71	0.26	0.009**	− 0.36	− 0.31	0.05
Daily living skills (adjusted R² = 0.45)
Chronological age	1.75	1.06	0.11	0.23	0.20	<0.01
DAS-II GCA	.14	0.15	.36	0.14	0.11	<0.01
VABS-3 motor skills SS	0.54	0.12	<0.001**	0.54	0.51	0.28
SRS-2 total T-score	− 0.38	0.21	0.08	− 0.26	− 0.22	<0.01
Socialization (adjusted R² = 0.45)
Chronological age	− 0.64	1.15	0.58	− 0.08	− 0.07	<0.01
DAS-II GCA	0.27	0.17	0.11	0.24	0.19	<0.01
VABS-3 motor skills SS	0.31	0.14	0.03*	0.29	0.27	0.02
SRS-2 total T-score	− 0.67	0.23	0.005**	− 0.41	− 0.35	0.06

p < 0.05*, p < 0.01**; ^aVABS-3 Motor Skills data were not available for two participants
DAS-II GCA Differential Ability Scales, second edition General Conceptual Ability, VABS-3 Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, third edition, SS standard score, SRS-2 Social Responsiveness Scale, second edition

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