Children and adolescents in institutional care versus traditional families: a quality of life comparison in Japan

Table 4 Quality of Life (QOL) scores for junior high school students

Variable	Students from ^achildren’s Homes n = 16		Students from traditional families n = 80		Effect size	p
Variable	M	SD	M	SD	Effect size	p
Total score	63.86	13.67	62.54	14.12	0.08	0.73
Physical well-being	72.71	18.55	65.93	17.11	0.29	0.19
Emotional well-being	79.00	16.29	76.91	16.15	0.10	0.64
Self-esteem	36.75	27.23	37.81	22.99	0.03	0.88
Family	66.07	20.07	68.80	21.79	0.10	0.63
Friends	73.50	19.98	75.15	16.91	0.07	0.76
School	55.53	19.57	49.45	19.33	0.24	0.26

^aChildren’s Homes were established by child social welfare law in Japan, and house orphaned, neglected, or abused children. QOL was measured with the Kinder Lebensqualität Fragebogen (KINDL®) questionnaire, Japanese Version; SD = Standard Deviation; M = Mean

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