Table 4.

Descriptive statistics and differences between maternal and paternal scores on PAMA/PAPA.

Item	Mothers (n = 215)	Fathers (n = 215)	z	Effect Size of Differences (r)
1. Anxiety	1.20 (0.77)	0.99 (0.77)	−3.41 **	−0.16
2. Depression	0.46 (0.66)	0.23 (0.48)	−4.78 **	−0.23
3. Stress	0.89 (0.80)	0.86 (0.79)	−0.45	−0.02
4. Anger	0.92 (0.86)	0.72 (0.82)	−2.82 *	−0.14
5. Interpersonal	0.52 (0.66)	0.41 (0.64)	−1.90	−0.09
6. Somatization	1.14 (0.85)	0.54 (0.71)	−6.87 **	−0.33
7. Sleep, Eating and Sexual Desire	1.31 (0.85)	0.58 (0.69)	−8.58 **	−0.41
8. Addiction and Risky Behaviors	0.08 (0.35)	0.23 (0.52)	−3.45 **	−0.17
Total PAMA/PAPA	0.92 (0.52)	0.55 (0.41)	−9.00 **	−0.43

Data are expressed as means and standard deviation (in brackets). z = Wilcoxon signed-rank test; * p < 0.01. ** p < 0.001. Item 8 was not considered in total mean score for mothers, coherent with the final PAMA version derived from CFA.