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. 2013 Feb 6;8(2):e54992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054992

Table 4. Meta-Analytic Results of Parents’ Mean PSI Scores.

95% CI
Scale Items Population Norma (SD) k (n) M Lower Upper Q I 2
Child Domain 47 99.7 (18.8) 13 (797) 102.32 97.08 107.56 221.98** 94.59
Distractibility/Hyperactivity 9 24.7 (4.8) 9 (674) 24.91 23.67 26.15 102.50** 92.20
Adaptability 11 24.9 (5.7) 9 (674) 25.60 24.29 26.92 86.78** 90.78
Reinforces Parent 6 9.4 (2.9) 9 (689) 10.10 9.13 11.08 152.14** 94.74
Demandingness 9 18.3 (4.6) 9 (689) 18.32 16.66 19.98 196.41** 95.93
Mood 5 9.7 (2.9) 9 (674) 10.35 9.68 11.02 71.21** 88.77
Acceptability 7 12.6 (3.5) 9 (674) 13.17 11.75 14.60 195.42** 95.91
Parent Domain 54 123.1 (24.4) 11 (734) 122.08 116.95 127.22 100.82** 90.08
Competence 13 29.1 (6.0) 9 (745) 28.16 25.86 30.47 233.72** 96.58
Isolation 6 12.6 (3.7) 8 (630) 12.23 12.67 13.80 25.56** 72.62
Attachment 7 12.7 (3.2) 9 (730) 12.98 11.86 14.10 179.40** 95.54
Health 5 11.7 (3.4) 8 (615) 12.81 12.34 13.29 21.94** 68.10
Role Restriction 7 18.9 (5.3) 8 (630) 18.44 17.79 19.09 18.84** 62.84
Depression 9 20.3 (5.5) 8 (630) 18.78 16.95 20.61 135.10** 94.82
Spouse 7 16.9 (5.1) 8 (630) 17.20b 16.27 18.14 41.04** 82.94
Total 101 222.8 (36.6) 9 (602) 226.29 212.75 239.83 178.07** 95.51
PSI-SF Total 36 - 5 (423) 71.56 68.31 74.81 10.98** 63.56
Life Stress 19 7.8 (6.2) 5 (415) 6.95 3.39 10.52 145.77** 97.26
a

Retrieved from Abidin [43].

b

Probable publication bias.

*

P<.10.

**

P<.05.