Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics and Mean-Level Comparisons
| SMI Parents N = 61 |
Comparison Parents N = 321 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | |
| Stress | ||||||
| Number of Stressors | .65 | .56 | .42 | .37 | −3.08 | .00 |
| Stress Severity Sum | 1.89 | 1.63 | 1.16 | 1.10 | −3.30 | .00 |
| Cortisol (nmol/L) | ||||||
| Wake | 17.46 | 10.72 | 16.75 | 7.38 | −.14 | .90 |
| Out of bed | 22.83 | 11.48 | 24.19 | 10.59 | 1.13 | .26 |
| Bed | 5.72 | 8.56 | 4.22 | 5.57 | −1.86 | .06 |
| Cortisol Awakening Response | 5.62 | 9.70 | 7.48 | 8.34 | 1.55 | .12 |
| Decline from Out of Bed | 17.13 | 11.35 | 20.11 | 10.71 | 1.97 | .05 |
| Medication Use (proportion) | ||||||
| Allergy | .26 | .44 | .16 | .37 | −1.71 | .09 |
| Steroid | .20 | .40 | .12 | .33 | −1.32 | .19 |
| Hormone | .13 | .34 | .14 | .35 | .25 | .80 |
| Anxiety/Depression | .26 | .44 | .12 | .33 | −2.36 | .02 |