Table 2

Mean, SD and range of CBCL total, internalising and externalising scales at 4 years of age according to excessive crying at the age of 3 months

CBCL scalesCrying babiesNon-crying babiesp Value*
MeanSDRangeMeanSDRange
Total CBCL39.518.71–13534.015.85–132<0.001
Internalising problems7.65.70–436.14.40–32<0.001
Externalising problems17.07.91–4615.37.01–52<0.001
  • *Student t test.

  • CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist.