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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2009 Sep;12(3):271–293. doi: 10.1007/s10567-009-0055-2

Table 7.

Characteristics and social relationships of prepubertal and early adolescent bipolar phenotype (PEA-BP), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and community control (CC) groups

Characteristic % PEA-BP
(n = 93)
% ADHD
(n = 81)
% CC
(n = 94)
Living in an intact biological family
School
54.8a 61.7a 89.4b
 School behavior problems 78.5a 29.6b 4.3c
 Low grades 44.1a 21.0a 1.1b
Peers and siblings
 Few/no friends 55.9a 24.7b 6.4b
 Frequent teasing 52.7a 35.8a 9.6b
 Poor social skills 63.4a 29.6b 5.3c
 Poor sibling relations 40.7a 22.5ab 6.8b
Mother–child relations
 Frequent activities 76.3a 93.7ab 98.9b
 Usually confides 47.3a 61.2a 83.0b
 Corporal punishment ≥1× per month 30.1a 25.0ab 4.3b
 Mutual warmth 45.2a 75.0b 94.7c
Father–child relations
 Usually confides 23.2a 38.8ab 52.7b
 Frequent hostility 47.6a 23.8b 2.2c
 Mutual warmth 29.2a 45.0a 81.7b
 Overall frequent tension 40.2a 17.5b 2.1b
Marital relations
 Frequent irritability 32.9a 32.9a 7.7b
 Frequent complaining 45.1a 37.0ab 12.1b
 Problem solving 65.9a 67.1a 92.3b
 Agree on child-rearing 53.6a 64.4a 89.0b
 Infrequent overall tension 35.4a 49.3ab 77.5b

Notes: This table summarizes the significant results provided in Geller et al. (2000). Values with different superscripts indicate statistically significant differences (at p < .001) per logistic regression analyses