Table 1.
Description of participating parents and children
| Demographics of the parents ( N = 135) | n (%) |
|---|---|
|
Person who completed the questionnaire (
n
= 135) | |
| Mother |
98 (72.6) |
| Father |
22 (16.3) |
| Foster parents |
12 (8.9) |
| Other |
3 (2.2) |
|
Caregivers’ employment situations
a
(
n
= 125; lower
n
, due to missing data) | |
| Working full time |
68 (54.4) |
| Working part time |
18 (14.4) |
| Job seeker |
4 (3.2) |
| Student |
4 (3.2) |
| Welfare recipient/Other |
31 (24.8) |
|
Caregivers’ education
b
(
n
= 127; lower
n
, due to missing data) | |
| Completed junior high school |
17 (13.4) |
| Completed high school |
46 (36.2) |
| Completed vocational school |
15 (11.8) |
| <=4 years of college/university |
41 (32.3) |
| > 4 years of college/university |
8 (6.3) |
|
Caregivers’ ethnicity | |
| Study country |
111 (82.2) |
| Asian |
11 (8.1) |
| Western European Countries |
3 (2.2) |
| African Countries |
4 (3) |
| South/ Central American Countries |
2 (1.5) |
| Eastern European Countries |
3 (2.2) |
| Northern American Countries |
1 (0.7) |
|
Demographics of the children (
N
= 135) |
n
(%) |
|
Child’s gender (
n
= 135) | |
| Girls |
108 (80) |
| Boys |
27 (20) |
|
Child’s age (
n
= 135) |
|
| Range |
10-18 |
| Mean |
M = 14.8 (SD = 2.2) |
|
Child’s living situation (
n
= 135) | |
| Lives together with both parents |
31 (23) |
| Lives equally with mother and father, but parents are divorced |
4 (3) |
| Live most or only with mother |
70 (51.9) |
| Live most or only with father |
13 (9.6) |
| Foster care |
12 (8.9) |
| Other (alone, institution, with boyfriend) |
5 (3.7) |
|
Household income (
n
= 117; lower
n
, due to missing data) | |
| < NOK 200,000 (< USD 35,000) |
17 (14.5) |
| [NOK 200,000, NOK 500.000) ([USD 35,000, 87,000)] |
46 (39.3) |
| [NOK 500,000,1.000.000] ([USD 87,000, 174,000)] |
39 (33.3) |
| > NOK 1,000,000 (>USD 174,000) |
9 (7.7) |
| Do not know |
6 (5.1) |
|
Trauma groups, Child’s primary (worst) trauma (
n
= 135) | |
| Accident |
3 (2.2) |
| Sudden death/ injury of a close person |
25 (18.5) |
| Hospitalization |
1 (0.7) |
| Extrafamilial violence |
23 (17) |
| Robbed |
1 (0.7) |
| Witness physical abuse inside family |
5 (3.7) |
| Exposed to physical abuse inside family |
38 (28.1) |
| Sexual abuse outside family |
28 (20.7) |
| Sexual abuse inside family |
11 (8.1) |
|
Months since worst trauma occurred (
n
= 135) | |
| Range |
1-138 |
| Mean |
M = 30.0. (SD = 32.8) |
|
Child’s total number of traumatic experiences
(n
= 135) | |
| Range |
1-8 |
| Mean |
M = 3.5 (SD = 1.7) |
|
Child’s scores on the CAPS-CA, T1 (
n
= 135) |
|
| Range |
9-125 |
| Mean |
M = 60.4 (SD = 20.3) |
|
Child’s scores on the CPSS, T1 (
n
= 135) |
|
| Range |
15-46 |
| Mean (SD) | M = 29.9 (SD = 7.6) |
a In 2012, 68% of the (country) population worked full-time.
b In 2010, the highest level of education for 30% of the (country) population was completing high school.