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2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

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Table C- 4. Social and Emotional Behaviors of Focal Children at Year 4 and Year 5 aSocial-Emotional IndicatorPositive characteristics% Mothers (N=310)Year 4 Year 5Focal child seems happy 100 100Focal child is eager to learn new things 100 99Focal child likes to try new things 100 98Focal child is accepted and liked by other children 99 99Focal child likes playing with other children close to his/her age 99 98Focal child pays attention well 97 94Focal child adjusts easily to new situations 97 93Focal child helps or cooperates with adults 96 97Focal child finishes what he/she is asked to do 93 90Negative characteristicsFocal child is overly active and unable to sit still 79 72Focal child gets upset easily 75 74Focal child worries about things 62 57Focal child does things without thinking 52 43Focal child is aggressive 40 33aData were weighted to adjust for the oversampling of mothers in the Glades and mothers screened “at risk.” Percentagesindicate the total of mothers who responded “sometimes” and “most of the time” on a 3-point scale.*Paired sample t-tests indicated that these year-to-year differences are statistically significant at (p < .05): paysattention4 vs.paysattention5; adjusts4 vs. adjusts5; newthings4 vs. newthings5; active4 vs. active5; aggressive4 vs. aggressive5;withoutthinking4 vs. withoutthinking5.Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 193

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