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Table 3 Differences between groups on symptoms of anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, emotion regulation, insistence on sameness, parent stress and family-coping styles

From: Understanding the prevalence and manifestation of anxiety and other socio-emotional and behavioural difficulties in children with Developmental Language Disorder

  

Typical sample

DLD sample

Effect size

M (SD)

Range

M (SD)

Range

Cohen’s d

SCAS-P

Total

11.7 (10.0)

0–50

23.9 (15.3)

0–54

0.94*

GAD

3.2 (2.8)

0–12

6.1 (4.5)

0–16

0.76*

SAD

3.6 (3.3)

0–13

8.0 (5.3)

0–18

0.98*

OCD

1.5 (2.9)

0–14

2.8 (3.0)

0–13

0.43

Separation

3.3 (3.1)

0–12

7.1 (5.2)

0–18

0.88*

IUS

Total

19.6 (6.7)

12–39

30.3 (10.8)

12–55

1.18*

Prospective

11.8 (4.3)

7–24

17.9 (6.9)

7–32

1.05*

Inhibitory

7.8 (3.1)

5–17

12.6 (4.8)

5–25

1.17*

EmReg

Total

10.9 (3.3)

7–21

15.1 (4.7)

7–24

1.05*

ISS

Total

2.3 (3.1)

0–18

7.2 (6.2)

0–24

1.00*

PSS

Total

37.3 (9.5)

21–63

37.9 (11.3)

18–61

0.06

FPSC

Affirming

11.7 (2.3)

5–15

12.2 (2.5)

5–15

0.21

Incendiary

4.2 (2.7)

0–9

4.8 (2.9)

0–13

0.20

BCOPE

Adaptive

21.0 (4.7)

9–30

25.4 (5.6)

13–34

0.85*

Maladaptive

13.2 (4.0)

8–28

14.2 (3.8)

8–29

0.24

Alternative

6.7 (1.7)

5–11

6.4 (2.5)

2–16

-0.14

  1. NB, the comparator group is the typical sample, meaning a positive d-value indicates the Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) group displayed more of those symptoms
  2. *Significant difference between groups at p < .003 (Bonferroni adjustment)