. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Child Fam Stud. 2009 Dec 1;18(6):643–652. doi: 10.1007/s10826-009-9265-y

Table 3.

Comparison of means for African American mothers compared to European American mothers and Hispanic mothers

Variable	African Americans (n = .189)	European Americans (n = .353)	Hispanics (n = 65)
	M	M	M
Dep. symptoms
Total	18.72 (11.31)	15.65^** (10.05)	15.14^* (11.26)
Somatic	10.49 (9.36)	9.36^* (5.43)	7.80^** (5.74)
Psychological	7.68 (6.61)	5.69^** (5.42)	6.11 (6.00)
Parental efficacy	33.32 (4.62)	32.69 (4.52)	31.74 (4.99)

Standard deviations are in parentheses

p < .05,

^**

p < .01—European American and Hispanic women were compared to African American women