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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Relat. 2008 Jan 2;57(1):35–48. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00481.x

Table 2.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Custody Comparisons for PSI Total and Subscales

Full Custody, M (SD) Shared Custody, M (SD) No Custody, M (SD)
T1 PSI F (2, 217)
  T1 emergency child care 6.84 (3.59) 6.79 (3.71) 6.33 (3.69) 0.39
  T1 nonemergency child care 5.41 (3.44) 5.48 (3.85) 4.51 (3.18) 1.61
  T1 practical (advice, carpool) 5.29 (3.12) 6.10 (3.64) 5.91 (3.17) 0.74
  T1 financial assistance 4.17 (3.02) 4.30 (3.60) 4.26 (3.56) 0.02
  T1 total index score 21.42 (11.96) 22.06 (13.32) 20.38 (11.50) 0.80
Δ PSI F (2, 176)
  Δ emergency child care −0.33 (3.03) 0.12 (3.37) −0.09 (4.37) 0.38
  Δ nonemergency child care 0.21 (3.25) −0.03 (3.40) 1.00 (4.27) 1.21
  Δ practical (advice, carpool) 0.44 (2.84) −0.02 (3.29) 0.45 (3.58) 0.41
  Δ financial assistance 0.16 (2.96) −0.35 (3.20) 0.38 (4.41) 0.70
  Δ total index score 1.77 (9.00) 0.34 (12.94) 1.46 (14.94) 0.08

Note. PSI = parenting support index; T1 = Time 1; Δ = Change over 9 months.