Table I.

Inter-correlations and Descriptive Statistics of Items Assessing Parental Worry about their Child's Health

	Intercorrelations				Descriptive statistics
Item	1	2	3	4	M	SD
1. “I worry about my child's health more than other people worry about their children's health”	–				2.47	1.39
2. “During the past 4 weeks, how much emotional worry or concern did your child's physical health cause you?”	.51	–			2.59	1.39
3. “In general, would you say your child's health is [Excellent, very good, good, fair, poor]”	.53	.51	–		2.03	.78
4. “My child seems to be less healthy than other children I know.”	.70	.54	.82	–	1.97	1.11

Note. All correlations are significant at p =.001. All items were answered on five-point scales.