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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2014 Feb;26(1):159–170. doi: 10.1017/S0954579413000928

Table 1.

Participant characteristics by parental depression group.

No maternal depression (n = 310) Maternal history of depression (n = 148)
Mean child age (months) 43.77 (SD = 3.34) 44.05 (SD = 3.69)
Sex (% female) 44.5% 52.0%
Race (% Caucasian) 85.5% 87.8%
Child PPVT 102.82 (SD = 13.68) 104.03 (SD = 12.31)
Child CBCL Internalizing Symptoms 8.59 (SD = 5.78)* 10.23 (SD = 7.05)*
Child CBCL Externalizing Symptoms 12.44 (SD = 7.27) 13.39 (SD = 7.43)
Mother obtained college degree (%) 55.7% 60.3%
Maternal lifetime history of anxiety disorder 24.5%*** 52.7%***
Maternal lifetime history of substance use disorder 18.7%** 31.8%**
No paternal depression (n = 384) Paternal history of depression (n = 74)
Mean child age (months) 43.95 (SD = 3.40) 43.41 (SD = 3.73)
Sex (% female) 45.3% 55.4%
Race (% Caucasian) 86.5% 85.1%
Child PPVT 103.90 (SD = 13.13)* 99.65 (SD = 13.38)*
Child CBCL Internalizing Symptoms 8.92 (SD = 5.92) 10.15 (SD = 7.72)
Child CBCL Externalizing Symptoms 12.54 (SD = 7.28) 13.79 (SD = 7.54)
Father obtained college degree (%) 49.3% 41.7%
Paternal lifetime history of anxiety disorder 14.6%*** 48.6%***
Parental lifetime history of substance use disorder 35.9%* 48.6%*
***

p < .001;

**

p < .01;

*

p < .05