Table 4.

Association of Achievement Deficits with Family Environment and Demographic Characteristics Reported by Parents of Brain Tumor Survivors

		WRAT Reading discrepancya		WRAT Spelling discrepancya		WRAT Arithmetic discrepancya
Family Environment Scale		r	Partial Correlationb	r	Partial Correlationb	r	Partial Correlationb
Mother-report
Supportive		.19*	.18*	.16*	.14	.17*	.16
Conflicted		−.30***	−.29***	−.26***	−.26***	−.17*	−.18*
Controlling		−.04	−.01	.00	.01	−.03	−.08
Father-report
Supportive		.22*	.30**	.21*	.28**	.23*	.29**
Conflicted		−.25*	−.27**	−.23*	−.27**	−.21*	−.25*
Controlling		.16	.08	.19	.17	.25*	.14
Demographic Factors
Maternal Education		.04	.02	.07	.04	.08	.01
Paternal Education		.07	.08	.13	.14	.10	.13
Family SESc		.19**	.16*	.12	.11	.11	.11

^*p ≤. 05,

^**p ≤.01,

^***p ≤.001,two-tailed; df = 157 (mothers), df = 124 (fathers)

^aDifference between age-referenced standard scores on the Wide Range Achievement Test for each survivor-control (e.g., Reading_BT- Reading_CC)

^bPartial correlations controlling for treatment, (chemotherapy, focal and whole brain radiation), age at diagnosis, and time since treatment

^cSES based on Revised Duncan Scores of occupational prestige; when both parents reported occupations, the higher of the two was used