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Appendix I: Calculating Statistical Differences in Scores, Tables

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Table I.1a. CAARS 2 (full-length) Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Self-Report and Observer Raters: Normative Sample–Combined Gender

Scale		Age Group
Scale		18-24	25-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
	Hyperactivity	7	6	7	7	7	7	8
	Impulsivity	8	7	7	8	7	7	8
	Emotional Dysregulation	7	7	7	6	7	7	7
	Negative Self-Concept	8	8	7	7	8	8	9
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	6	6	6	5	6	6	7
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
	Total ADHD Symptoms	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

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Table I.1b. CAARS 2 (full-length) Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Self-Report and Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Males

Scale		Age Group
Scale		18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
	Hyperactivity	8	6	7	7	7	7	8
	Impulsivity	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
	Emotional Dysregulation	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
	Negative Self-Concept	9	8	7	7	9	8	8
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	7	6	5	6	5	6	6
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
	Total ADHD Symptoms	6	5	5	5	5	6	6

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Table I.1c. CAARS 2 (full-length) Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Self-Report and Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Females

Scale		Age Group
Scale		18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
	Hyperactivity	6	8	6	7	6	7	8
	Impulsivity	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
	Emotional Dysregulation	7	7	7	6	6	6	8
	Negative Self-Concept	8	7	7	7	8	7	11
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	6	5	6	5	6	6	7
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	7	9	7	7	7	7	8
	Total ADHD Symptoms	5	7	5	5	5	5	6

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Table I.2a. CAARS 2 (full-length) Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Two Observer Raters: Normative Sample–Combined Gender

Scale		Age Group
Scale		18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
	Hyperactivity	7	6	6	6	7	7	7
	Impulsivity	7	7	6	7	6	7	7
	Emotional Dysregulation	7	7	7	6	5	7	7
	Negative Self-Concept	8	8	7	8	9	8	9
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	6	6	5	5	5	6	6
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	7	6	6	6	7	7	7
	Total ADHD Symptoms	5	5	4	5	5	5	5

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Table I.2b. CAARS 2 (full-length) Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Two Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Males

Scale		Age Group
Scale		18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	5	4	3	3	4	4	5
	Hyperactivity	7	6	6	6	7	7	8
	Impulsivity	8	7	6	7	6	7	8
	Emotional Dysregulation	7	7	6	6	5	7	7
	Negative Self-Concept	9	8	7	7	10	8	7
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	7	6	4	5	5	6	6
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	8	7	6	6	7	7	8
	Total ADHD Symptoms	6	5	4	4	5	5	6

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Table I.2c. CAARS 2 (full-length) Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Two Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Females

Scale		Age Group
Scale		18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	4	6	4	4	4	5	5
	Hyperactivity	6	10	6	7	6	7	7
	Impulsivity	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
	Emotional Dysregulation	7	6	7	6	5	7	7
	Negative Self-Concept	8	7	7	7	8	7	10
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	6	6	6	5	6	7	6
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	6	10	6	7	7	7	6
	Total ADHD Symptoms	5	9	4	5	5	6	5

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Table I.3a. CAARS 2–Short Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Self-Report and Observer Raters: Normative Sample–Combined Gender

CAARS 2–Short Scale	Age Group
CAARS 2–Short Scale	18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	5	4	5	4	5	5	5
Hyperactivity	7	6	7	7	7	7	8
Impulsivity	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Emotional Dysregulation	6	7	6	6	6	6	7
Negative Self-Concept	7	6	6	7	7	7	9

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Table I.3b. CAARS 2–Short Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Self-Report and Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Males

CAARS 2–Short Scale	Age Group
CAARS 2–Short Scale	18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	6	5	5	5	5	5	6
Hyperactivity	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Impulsivity	8	8	9	8	8	8	9
Emotional Dysregulation	7	8	7	7	8	7	8
Negative Self-Concept	9	7	7	8	8	8	10

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Table I.3c. CAARS 2–Short Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Self-Report and Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Females

CAARS 2–Short Scale	Age Group
CAARS 2–Short Scale	18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Hyperactivity	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
Impulsivity	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Emotional Dysregulation	5	6	5	5	6	5	6
Negative Self-Concept	6	5	5	6	6	6	7

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Table I.4a. CAARS 2–Short Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Two Observer Raters: Normative Sample–Combined Gender

CAARS 2–Short Scale	Age Group
CAARS 2–Short Scale	18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	5	4	4	4	4	5	5
Hyperactivity	5	4	4	4	4	5	5
Impulsivity	6	6	5	6	6	7	6
Emotional Dysregulation	6	5	6	5	5	6	6
Negative Self-Concept	7	7	7	7	8	7	8

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Table I.4b. CAARS 2–Short Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Two Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Males

CAARS 2–Short Scale	Age Group
CAARS 2–Short Scale	18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	6	5	4	5	5	5	6
Hyperactivity	7	6	6	7	7	7	7
Impulsivity	7	7	6	7	7	8	7
Emotional Dysregulation	7	6	7	6	5	7	7
Negative Self-Concept	9	8	8	8	10	8	9

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Table I.4c. CAARS 2–Short Critical Values Denoting Statistically Significant Differences Between Two Observer Raters: Normative Sample Gender Specific–Females

CAARS 2–Short Scale	Age Group
CAARS 2–Short Scale	18–24	25–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70+
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Hyperactivity	5	4	4	5	5	5	5
Impulsivity	5	5	5	5	5	6	5
Emotional Dysregulation	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
Negative Self-Concept	6	6	6	6	7	6	7

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Table I.5. CAARS 2 (full-length) Minimum Values Needed for Significance When Comparing Time 1 to Time 2 T-scores

Scale		Self-Report	Observer
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	7	9
	Hyperactivity	8	12
	Impulsivity	8	12
	Emotional Dysregulation	10	12
	Negative Self-Concept	12	12
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	7	9
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	8	12
	Total ADHD Symptoms	7	9

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Table I.6. CAARS 2 (full-length) Minimum Values Needed for Significance When Comparing Time 1 to Time 2 Raw Scores

Scale		Self-Report	Observer
Content Scales	Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	13	17
	Hyperactivity	7	8
	Impulsivity	6	9
	Emotional Dysregulation	5	8
	Negative Self-Concept	6	5
DSM Symptom Scales	ADHD Inattentive Symptoms	6	7
	ADHD Hyperactive/Impulsive Symptoms	6	7
	Total ADHD Symptoms	10	12

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Table I.7. CAARS 2–Short Minimum Values Needed for Significance When Comparing Time 1 to Time 2 T-scores

Scale	Self-Report	Observer
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	7	9
Hyperactivity	9	10
Impulsivity	8	13
Emotional Dysregulation	10	12
Negative Self-Concept	13	14

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Table I.8. CAARS 2–Short Minimum Values Needed for Significance When Comparing Time 1 to Time 2 Raw Scores

Scale	Self-Report	Observer
Inattention/Executive Dysfunction	6	7
Hyperactivity	5	4
Impulsivity	4	6
Emotional Dysregulation	4	5
Negative Self-Concept	5	5