3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of sample
The differences between distribution of gender in the VCH sample and foster care sample were nonsignificant, with 249 females (56%) and 196 males (44%) in the VCH sample, and 97 females (47%) and 108 males (53%) in the foster care sample. Overall, there were 346 females (53%) and 304 males (47%). At the time of assessment, participants were between the ages of 5 and 17 years, with the average age being 10.74 years (SD= 3.33)