Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for maternal mental health and child behaviour problems
| Above cut-off |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | N | Per cent | |
| Directly experienced LEs* | 2.36 | 2.13 | ||
| Substance abuse (AUDIT)* | 1.30 | 3.45 | ||
| Hazardous drinking | 5 | 7.1 | ||
| Alcohol dependence | 2 | 2.9 | ||
| Depression (CESD)* | 17.40 | 14.05 | 35 | 50 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder (HTS)* | 59.67 | 21.36 | 16 | 22.9 |
| Functional disability (SDS)* | 7.11 | 6.75 | ||
| Total behaviour problems (CBCL)†,‡ | 46.41 | 29.30 | 31 | 44.3 |
| Sleep | 3.16 | 2.67 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Internalising behaviour problems (CBCL)† | 14.67 | 11.07 | 35 | 50.0 |
| Emotional reactive | 3.20 | 3.39 | 15 | 21.4 |
| Anxious/depressed | 3.73 | 2.85 | 10 | 14.3 |
| Somatic | 4.61 | 3.57 | 28 | 40.0 |
| Withdrawn | 3.13 | 3.02 | 20 | 28.6 |
| Externalising behaviour problems (CBCL)† | 14.59 | 9.07 | 21 | 30.0 |
| Attention | 2.74 | 1.97 | 8 | 11.4 |
| Aggression | 11.84 | 7.77 | 12 | 17.1 |
*Maternal measures.
†Child measures.
‡Total behaviour problems comprise internalising behaviour problems, externalising behaviour problems and sleeping problems.
AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CESD, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; HTS, Harvard Trauma Scale; LEs, life events; SDS, Sheehan Disability Scale.