Table 2.
Family dysfunction | Parenting stress | Anxiety 10–12 years | Anxiety 12–14 years | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Parental mental health | ||||
Lifetime internalising | 0.13*** | 0.21*** | 0.07* | 0.04 |
Lifetime externalising | 0.09*** | 0.12*** | 0.02 | −0.02 |
Current depression | 0.29*** | 0.39*** | 0.09*** | 0.05* |
Current anxiety | 0.22*** | 0.29*** | 0.10*** | 0.07** |
Current stress | 0.28*** | 0.46*** | 0.10*** | 0.09** |
Family composition | ||||
Number of children | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05* | 0.03 |
Number of parents | 0.15*** | 0.32*** | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Values of parental mental health are Pearson correlations; values for number of children are Spearman correlations; and values of number of parents are the differences in scores for family dysfunction, parenting stress and anxiety scores and level of significance for t test comparing single parent households with two-parent households
* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.001; *** P < 0.0001