Predicting patterns of service utilization within children’s mental health agencies

Table 2 Predictors of Pattern of Service Use, Standardized Canonical Discriminant Function Coefficients and Structure Coefficients

	Function 1		Function 2
	Family Burden, Externalizing, Impairment		Age, Internalizing
Predictor	Standardized^a	Structure^b	Standardized^a	Structure^b
Sex	0.131	0.045	−0.031	−0.154
Age	−0.373	− 0.356	0.869	0.886
BCFPI Externalizing	0.377	0.791	0.007	0.239
BCFPI Internalizing	0.007	0.349	0.317	0.417
BCFPI Child Impairment	0.315	0.700	0.118	0.426
BCFPI Family Burden	0.416	0.816	0.137	0.296

Note. BCFPI Brief Child and Family Phone Interview
^aCoefficients with larger absolute values reflect variables with greater discriminating ability
^bPooled within-groups correlations between predictor variables and standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients shown

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