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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Child Care Health Dev. 2009 Mar;35(2):227–233. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00920.x

Table 3.

ANCOVA with parental levels of state anxiety as dependent variable

F d.f. η2 P < 0.05 Coefficients estimate (β)
Type of child surgery 18.85 2 0.174 0.001 Minor vs. Day
7.74, t(152) = 1.93, P = 0.005
Major vs. Day
17.79, t(152) = 4.06, P = 0.001
Parent’s gender 6.07 1 0.013 0.007 Mothers vs. Fathers
4.51, t(152) = −1.37, P = 0.173
Parent’s age 2.24 1 0.016 ns
Parent’s level of education 0.37 1 0.003 ns
Child’s age 0.35 1 0.003 ns
Number of social contacts 0.12 1 0.001 ns
Parental trait anxiety 14.04 1 0.113 0.001 0.368
PHLoC: internal influence 2.27 1 0.016 ns
PHLoC: external influence 7.63 1 0.051 0.007 −1.811
Group error 141

R2 = 0.489 (adjusted R2 = 0.446).

d.f., degree of freedom; ns, not significant; PHLoC, parent health locus of control.