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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2007;19(1):205–225. doi: 10.1017/S0954579407070113

Table 1.

Characteristics of mothers and children according to four groups based on mothers’ diagnoses: Drug only, affective/anxiety only, comorbid, and neither

Groups of Mothers by Diagnoses

Groups of Mothers by Diagnoses
Maternal Indices Drug Only (n = 69) Aff/Anx Only (n = 71) Comorbid (Drug + Aff/Anx) (n = 94) Neither (n = 126) p Child Indices Drug Only (n = 69) Aff/Anx Only (n = 71) Comorbid (Drug + Aff/Anx) (n = 94) Neither (n = 126) p
Background variables Background variables
 Minority ethnicity 48/69% 42/59% 57/61% 90/71%  Gender: girls 32/46% 28/39% 46/49% 61/48%
 Mean age 39.30N 39.90N 37.96 36.88DA .01  Mean age 12.19 12.39 12.18 11.79
 Single parent status 58/83%AN 48/68%DC 84/89%AN 87/69%DC .01 Psychiatric diagnoses
 Mean years of education 11.87AN 13.23C 11.68N 12.93DC .001  Internalizing 29/41% 39/55%N 48/5 1%N 46/37%AC .05
 Frequently unemployed 47/67%N 40/56% 57/6 1%N 54/43%DC .01  Disruptive 15/21% 23/28%N 28/30%N 17/14%AC .01
 Receiving welfare 39/56%C 48/68%CN 37/39%DA 57/45%A .01  Substance use 5/7% 5/7% 13/14%N 3/2%c .05
 Total monthly income $1,282.11 $1,006.01 $951.01N $1298.81C .01  Any disorder 39/56% 47/66%N 59/63%N 57/45%AC .05
Treatment seeking Dimensional outcomes
 Current drug/alc tx or counseling 36/51%N 38/54%N 52/55%N 19/15%DAC .001 Internalizing 43.23 45.34 45.12 44.59
Psychiatric diagnoses  Externalizing 52.80N 54.63N 55.32N 46.10DAC .001
 Alcohol abuse/dependence 14/20%CN 10/14%CN 38/40%DAN 5/6%DAC .001  Competence 46.32 46.87 45.34 48.77
 Antisocial personality disorder 52/74%N 44/62%CN 74/79%AN 43/34%DAC .001 Parenting perceptions
 Any disorder 70/100%N 71/100%N 94/100%N 44/35%DAC .001 Negative parenting behavior 97.83 99.56 97.35 96.83
Parenting perceptions
 Negative parenting behavior 91.15A 101.15DN 96.70N 90.99AC .001
 Total parenting stressa 76.88AC 86.85DN 86.58DN 70.16AC .001
 Limit setting 48.67N 48.93N 45.90N 52.77DAC .001
 Closeness 54.10 51.96 53.14 54.27

Note: Entries in the table represent the numbers/percentages for categorical variables and group means for continuous variables; the significance for group differences is based on chi-square and univariate F tests, respectively. Subscripts indicate instances where means differed between groups and refer to the first letter of the group. Continuous variables in italics are based on child reports, and others are based on mother reports; child diagnoses are based on both mothers’ and children’s reports.

a

The PSI total score.