Behavior Problems: Reported performance on the Child Behavior Checklist – Pre-School Children
Homeless, sheltered children compared with poor, housed children
Statistically significant worse scores for total problems, externalizing and internalizing subgroup scores
Total T score > 70 (clinical range)
Homeless, sheltered children compared with normative data
No statistically significant differences in scores
Total T score > 70 (clinical range)
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