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Table 5 Quality of Life (QOL) scores for children in small and large Children’s Homes

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

Variable

Children from small achildren’s homes

n = 15

Children from large achildren’s homes

n = 32

Effect size

p

M

SD

M

SD

Total score

65.78

11.58

62.49

14.03

0.15

0.40

Physical well-being

73.95

19.87

77.17

16.24

0.11

0.58

Emotional well-being

74.26

18.62

73.93

20.21

0.01

0.95

Self-esteem

46.70

24.69

44.56

26.92

0.05

0.79

Family

63.01

18.01

60.17

19.95

0.09

0.63

Friends

74.68

19.72

70.92

25.44

0.09

0.58

School

62.95

23.23

50.79

19.90

0.34

0.09

  1. 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