Behavior Problems: Reported performance on the Child Behavior Checklist - Homeless School-aged Children
26% met criteria for clinical diagnosis (T)
Compared to normative data:
Homeless males had statistically significantly higher scores for total behavior and subcategories of externalizing, uncommunicative, and obsessive-compulsive behavior.
No statistically significant differences for homeless females.
9% met criteria for clinical diagnosis (T)
Mean scores were comparable to population means.
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Menke EM. The Mental Health of Homeless
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