Table 3.

Effect sizes in studies assessing self-reported internalizing, externalizing and total problem behavior in children with parental CMC

Author	N	Parental CMC	Instrument	% girls	Mean age child	d int.	d ext.	d tot.
Biggar and Forehand (1998)	85	HIV/AIDS	CDI	59.00	8.68	.39
Diareme et al. (2006)	27	MS	YSR	37.04	13.00	.59	.62	.59
Harris and Zakowski (2003)	27	Cancer	CDI/RCMAS	66.70	15.40	−.16
Pakenham and Bursnall (2006)	48	MS	BSI-18	56.00	15.60	.13
Rodrigue and Houck (2001)	29	Mixed	YSR	48.00	12.60			.40
Siegel et al. (1996)	70	Cancer	CDI/STAI	57.00	10.80	.53
Tompkins and Wyatt (2008)	23	HIV/AIDS	YSR	61.00	12.59	.50	.80
Visser et al. (2007)	66	Cancer	YSR	52.70	15.00	−.04	−.15	−.08
Visser et al. (2005)	222	Cancer	YSR	53.03	15.00	.21	.26	.11
Watson et al. (2006)	56	Cancer	YSR	69.64	15.00	.25	.14	.09
Welch et al. (1996)	55	Cancer	YSR	60.00	14.50	.36	.24

N sample size, CMC chronic medical condition, MS multiple sclerosis, CDI child depression inventory, RCMAS revised children’s manifest anxiety scale, YSR youth self-report, CBCL child behavior checklist, BSI-18 brief symptom inventory-18, STAI state-trait anxiety inventory, d Cohen’s d (effect size), int. internalizing problem behavior, ext. externalizing problem behavior, tot. total problem behavior