Table 2.
| Table 2a. Mean (SD) Maternal well-being by developmental status group (developmental delays, typical development) at age 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Delayed development (n = 91) | Typical development (n = 127) | F | P |
| Maternal health at age 3 | 3.07 (.7) | 3.36 (.6) | 5.83 | .02 |
| Maternal health at age 4 | 2.96 (.7) | 3.24 (.7) | 4.81 | .03 |
| Maternal health at age 5 | 2.97 (.8) | 3.21 (.7) | 1.72 | .19 |
| Maternal stress at age 3 | 18.09 (13.1) | 11.30 (7.7) | 19.90 | <.001 |
| Maternal stress at age 4 | 17.90 (12.3) | 12.11 (8.7) | 14.46 | <.001 |
| Maternal stress at age 5 | 15.42 (11.0) | 9.99 (7.1) | 15.00 | <.001 |
| Maternal depressive symptoms at age 3 | 11.27 (8.9) | 9.58 (8.9) | .42 | .52 |
| Maternal depressive symptoms at age 4 | 12.82 (10.7) | 10.02 (10.3) | 1.80 | .18 |
| Maternal depressive symptoms at age 5 | 12.52 (11.6) | 9.92 (9.4) | 1.71 | .19 |
| Table 2b. Mean (SD) maternal well-being by developmental status (developmental delays, typical development) and behavior problems groups (BP; non-clinical versus borderline or clinical level behavior problems) at age 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Delayed development, low BP (n = 61) | Delayed development, High BP (n = 30) | Typical development, low BP (n = 111) | Typical development, high BP (n = 15) | F (4-level variable) | p |
| Maternal health at age 3 | 3.16 (.8) | 2.87 (.6) | 3.39 (.6) | 3.13 (.6) | 3.37 | .02 |
| Maternal health at age 4 | 3.16 (.6) | 2.53 (.8) | 3.31 (.6) | 2.73 (.9) | 10.33 | <.001 |
| Maternal health at age 5 | 3.21 (.7) | 2.47 (.9) | 3.22 (.7) | 3.13 (.8) | 5.82 | .001 |
| Maternal stress at age 3 | 12.31 (.7.7) | 29.83 (14.1) | 10.03 (6.8) | 20.60 (8.0) | 44.75 | <.001 |
| Maternal stress at age 4 | 13.33 (7.7) | 27.03 (14.7) | 10.94 (.7.8) | 20.33 (10.3) | 25.25 | <.001 |
| Maternal stress at age 5 | 12.60 (8.3) | 21.82 (13.7) | 9.51 (7.1) | 13.38 (6.7) | 12.65 | <.001 |
| Maternal depressive symptoms at age 3 | 7.90 (5.8) | 18.13 (10.3) | 8.93 (8.3) | 14.33 (11.7) | 10.63 | <.001 |
| Maternal depressive symptoms at age 4 | 8.43 (6.7) | 21.60 (11.9) | 8.61 (8.7) | 20.07 (14.8) | 19.36 | <.001 |
| Maternal depressive symptoms at age 5 | 7.97 (8.9) | 21.77 (11.2) | 9.19 (8.9) | 15.13 (11.5) | 15.38 | <.001 |
Age 3 family income and maternal education were covaried in all analyses.