Table 3.
Mean Comparisons Between Anxious Mothers and Fathers on Baseline Clinical Variables
| Range
|
Mothers (n = 34)
|
Fathers (n = 21)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Parental Anxiety Severity (STAI) | 28 – 72 | 49.82 | 8.29 | 49.81 | 9.16 |
| Parental Stress Level (PSI) | 51 – 125 | 81.03 | 19.06 | 77.79 | 13.71 |
| Child-report Anxiety (SCARED-C) | 0 – 57 | 19.60 | 13.32 | 16.95 | 11.21 |
| Parent-report of Child Anxiety (SCARED-P) | 1 – 46 | 19.53 | 13.82 | 17.58 | 11.54 |
| Child Overcontrol Behavior | 0–3 | .79 | .95 | .62 | .87 |
| Child Hostility/Negative affect | 0–3 | .56 | .89 | .14* | .36 |
| Child Warmth/Positive affect | 0–3 | .53 | .56 | .43 | .75 |
| Child Anxious Behavior | 0–3 | 1.21 | .98 | 1.24 | 1.09 |
| Child Non-compliant/Oppositional | |||||
| Behavior | 0–2 | .24 | .55 | .05 | .22 |
| Child Uninvolved/Off-task | 0–2 | .35 | .77 | .33 | .58 |
| Behavior | |||||
Note.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01.
STAI = State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. PSI = Parenting Stress Index.
SCARED-C = Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders Child Version.
SCARED-P = Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders Parent Version.