Table 2.
Means and Standard Deviations of Offspring Measures of Stress by Maternal Diagnosis
| PTSD and MDD (n = 58) |
PTSD without MDD (n = 60) |
MDD without PTSD (n = 217) |
Neither MDD nor PTSD (n = 480) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Lifetime Stressors | 2.45 | 1.97 | 1.77 | 1.73 | 1.74 | 1.53 | 1.21 | 1.36 |
| Current Chronic Stress | ||||||||
| Social Life | 2.39 | 0.51 | 2.28 | 0.53 | 2.33 | 0.54 | 2.25 | 0.43 |
| Family Relations | 2.61 | 0.69 | 2.40 | 0.64 | 2.44 | 0.60 | 2.26 | 0.54 |
| Close Friends | 2.39 | 0.57 | 2.21 | 0.61 | 2.25 | 0.55 | 2.18 | 0.44 |
| Romantic Relationships | 2.16 | 0.42 | 2.14 | 0.39 | 2.18 | 0.39 | 2.13 | 0.36 |
| Academic | 2.80 | 1.08 | 2.68 | 0.92 | 2.72 | 1.00 | 2.64 | 0.89 |
| School Behavior | 2.31 | 0.89 | 2.23 | 1.01 | 2.29 | 0.84 | 2.12 | 0.70 |
| Total | 14.26 | 2.76 | 13.95 | 2.50 | 14.19 | 2.53 | 13.58 | 1.58 |
| Recent Episodic Stressors | ||||||||
| Number | 3.41 | 2.06 | 3.13 | 1.81 | 3.46 | 2.24 | 3.08 | 2.03 |
| Subjective Stress Level | 2.44 | 0.75 | 2.37 | 0.66 | 2.44 | 0.85 | 2.40 | 0.78 |
| Objective Stress Level | 1.88 | 0.33 | 2.05 | 0.59 | 1.89 | 0.39 | 1.85 | 0.37 |
Note. PTSD = partial and full PTSD