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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2014 Aug 1;43:131–137. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.05.011

Table 3.

Descriptive and bivariate analysis: Effects of parental loss on the child’s feelings

Effects on child’s feelings After losing a father After losing a mother
Total sample (%) Among boys (%) Among girls (%) t-test Total sample (%) Among boys (%) Among girls (%) t-test
Sad and sorrowful 86.3 86.6 86.0 −.435 82.5 82.3 82.7 .236
Worried 77.6 75.5 79.3 1.39 77.9 74.8 80.7 1.79
Angry 64.8 65.0 64.7 −.197 65.5 67.4 63.8 −.85
Scared 71.8 68.1 74.8 2.33* 69.0 63.8 73.8 2.65**
Isolated and alone 81.9 82.3 81.6 −.416 80.6 77.7 83.4 1.83
Happy and contended 11.3 13.0 9.9 −1.56 13.9 17.0 11.0 −2.09*
Determined to do well 73.2 76.5 70.5 −2.35** 77.2 78.4 76.1 −.58
Comforted and relieved 71.4 69.8 72.6 .961 70.0 67.7 72.1 −1.21
*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001