Table 2.
Mother and father reported means, standard deviations, and t-values for main variables.
| Measure | Mother M1(SD)2 |
Father M(SD) |
t-value3 | df 4 | value of p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | n = 188 | n = 188 | |||
| CES-D Total5 | 13.49 (10.33) | 11.52 (8.90) | 2.289 | 184 | 0.023* |
| CBCL Int. T6 | 62.99 (9.55) | 61.84 (9.66) | 1.527 | 187 | 0.128 |
| CBCL Ext. T7 | 60.05 (11.12) | 59.65 (10.30) | 0.629 | 187 | 0.530 |
| CSI Total8 | 115.23 (31.43) | 117.34 (27.49) | −1.034 | 186 | 0.303 |
| Time 2 | n = 162 | n = 156 | |||
| CES-D Total | 18.40 (7.10) | 16.44 (6.40) | 3.029 | 154 | 0.003** |
| CBCL Int. T | 61.37 (9.14) | 60.66 (9.21) | 1.103 | 156 | 0.272 |
| CBCL Ext. T | 57.62 (9.96) | 57.84 (9.90) | −0.468 | 156 | 0.640 |
| CSI Total | 114.13 (35.18) | 117.51 (28.67) | −1.470 | 152 | 0.144 |
| Time 3 | n = 138 | n = 133 | |||
| CES-D Total | 14.86 (11.29) | 11.14 (9.51) | 3.103 | 130 | 0.002** |
| CBCL Int. T | 61.42 (9.17) | 59.37 (9.44) | 2.317 | 131 | 0.022* |
| CBCL Ext. T | 56.96 (10.10) | 56.93 (10.28) | 0.419 | 131 | 0.676 |
| CSI Total | 115.78 (35.61) | 118.26 (29.67) | −0.693 | 128 | 0.489 |
| Time 4 | n = 125 | n = 122 | |||
| CES-D Total | 14.68 (10.70) | 12.40 (10.41) | 2.199 | 116 | 0.030* |
| CBCL Int. T | 61.07 (9.30) | 60.48 (9.05) | 0.741 | 120 | 0.460 |
| CBCL Ext. T | 56.38 (10.56) | 56.54 (10.98) | −0.073 | 120 | 0.942 |
| CSI Total | 117.61 (31.64) | 117.53 (29.11) | 0.049 | 113 | 0.961 |
1mean; 2standard deviation; 3value for paired-samples t-test; 4degrees of freedom; 5Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale total score (57); 6Child Behavior Checklist Internalizing Problems T-Score (56); 7Child Behavior Checklist Externalizing T-Score (56); 8Couple Satisfaction Index total score (58); *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.