Table 1.

Parental Active Coping with Risk and Cognitive Distancing: Items and Means

Parental Coping Items	Mean (standard deviation)
1. I watch my child’s moods.	3.8 (1.1)
2. I teach my child how to monitor his/her own moods.	2.8 (1.3)
3. I teach my child to talk about his/her own moods with an adult.	3.4 (1.3)
4. I teach my child what to do if his/her moods become bad or unstable.	3.1 (1.4)
5. I teach my child how to make good life decisions.	4.3 (0.9)
6. I try to reduce my child’s stress to protect his/her moods.	3.6 (1.1)
7. I try to keep our home extra stable to protect my child’s moods.	3.3 (1.3)
8. I plan for what I would do if I noticed symptoms in my child.	3.4 (1.1)
Active Coping Overall Score	3.4 (0.9)
1. My child’s personality makes him/her less likely to develop a mood disorder.	2.5 (1.3)
2. The way I am raising my child makes him/her less likely to develop a mood disorder.	2.7 (1.2)
3. The home environment my child has grown up in makes him/her less likely to develop a mood disorder.	2.6 (1.2)
4. My child’s life experiences outside of the home make him/her less likely to develop a mood disorder.	2.8 (1.1)
Cognitive Distancing Overall Score	2.6 (1.0)