In relation to the peer problems scale for example, 15 % of children who experienced this social interaction fortnightly or more often scored in the borderline or
abnormal range compared with 23 % of children who experienced it less often or never.
Hyperactivity was the only behaviour affected by the child's gender with boys more likely to have difficulties in this domain than girls; 22 % of boys returned a score in the borderline or
abnormal range compared with 15 % of girls.
Not exact matches
For example, 40 % of children whose parents used both smacking and shouting had scores in the borderline or
abnormal range of the conduct problems scale
compared with 19 % of children who parents used neither.
Notably, early problems with language development was one of the few factors significantly associated with peer problems; 23 % of children who were reported to have language difficulties at age 2 had peer problem scores in the borderline or
abnormal range at school entry
compared with 14 % of those with no language difficulties.