Table 3

Proportion of participants with T-scores from Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)/Youth Self Report (YSR) falling into normal, borderline clinical and clinical ranges at baseline, as per parental and youth assessments

AssessmentCBCL/YSR subscalenNormal*Borderline clinical†Clinical‡
ParentAnxious128110 (85.9%)§8 (6.3%)10 (7.8%)
Withdrawn12892 (71.9%)§26 (20.3%)10 (7.8%)
Somatic complaints12898 (76.6%)§20 (15.6%)10 (7.8%)
Social difficulties10070 (7.0%)§20 (20.0%)10 (10.0%)
Thought problems10080 (80.0%)§7 (7.0%)13 (13.0%)
Attention difficulties128110 (85.9%)§9 (7.0%)9 (7.0%)
Rule breaking10076 (76.0%)§16 (16.0%)8 (8.0%)
Aggressive128102 (79.7%)§18 (14.1%)8 (6.3%)
Internalising12868 (53.1%)§22 (17.2%)38 (29.7%)
Externalising12872 (56.3%)§24 (18.8%)32 (25.0%)
Total12871 (55.5%)§19 (14.8%)38 (29.7%)
YouthAnxious10488 (84.6%)§12 (11.5%)4 (3.9%)
Withdrawn10479 (76.0%)§16 (15.4%)9 (8.7%)
Somatic complaints10479 (76.0%)§15 (14.4%)10 (9.7%)
Social difficulties10484 (80.8%)§11 (10.6%)9 (8.7%)
Thought problems10493 (89.4%)§8 (7.7%)3 (2.9%)
Attention difficulties10481 (77.9%)§15 (14.4%)8 (7.7%)
Rule breaking10486 (82.7%)§16 (15.4%)2 (1.9%)
Aggressive10491 (87.5%)§7 (6.7%)6 (5.8%)
Internalising10462 (59.6%)§15 (14.4%)27 (26.0%)
Externalising10476 (73.1%)§10 (9.6%)18 (17.3%)
Total10460 (57.7%)§17 (16.4%)27 (26.0%)
  • Data are n (%).

  • *<65 which is below 93rd centile.

  • †65–70 which is 93–98th centile (apart from internalising/externalising/total 60–63).

  • ‡>70 which is 98th centile (apart from internalising/externalising/total >63).

  • §p<0.001 for comparison with normative data (i.e., expected ≤7% of participants in borderline clinical or clinical ranges combined).