1-year follow-up of the mental health and stress factors in asylum-seeking children and adolescents resettled in Germany

Table 3 Mean comparisons of mental health outcome measures at T2 between ASCs in terms of asylum application status

	(1) Asylum application accepted between assessments, n = 25	(2) Asylum application accepted both at T1 and T2, n = 26	(3) Asylum application pending or rejected at T2, n = 21	ANOVA main effect asylum status F (df)	t (df)^a
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	ANOVA main effect asylum status F (df)	t (df)^a	d ^a
CATS-SS	14.2 (9.68)	16.92 (9.35)	21.43 (8.52)	3.87^* (2, 69)	2.87^* (44)	.79
HSCL-Tot	54.32 (10.84)	57.85 (14.01)	63.71 (11.45)	3.4^* (2, 69)	2.85^* (44)	.84
HSCL-Dep	24.4 (5.8)	26.04 (8.33)	31.14 (7.48)	5.22^** (2, 69)	3.44^** (44)	1.02
HSCL-Anx	14.72 (3.68)	16.31 (4.07)	18.24 (4.07)	4.55^* (2, 69)	3.08^* (44)	.91
HSCL-Int	39.12 (8.97)	42.35 (11.67)	49.38 (10.71)	5.6^** (2, 69)	3.54^** (44)	1.05
HSCL-Ext	15.2 (2.53)	15.5 (3.41)	14.33 (2.63)	.98 (2, 69)	−1.14 (44)	−.34

^aBetween (1) and (3)
CATS-SS CATS symptom scale, HSCL-Tot HSCL-37A total score, HSCL-Dep HSCL-37A depression scale, HSCL-Anx HSCL-37A anxiety scale, HSCL-Int HSCL-37A internalizing cluster, HSCL-Ext HSCL-37A externalizing cluster
^*p < .05 (adjusted level of significance according to Bonferroni-Holm, p < .0167)
^**p < .01 (adjusted level of significance according to Bonferroni-Holm, p < .003)

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