Table 1.

Characteristics of 707 children in the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms, by age and number of types of services used

	Age of childa					Use of services
	Younger (N=210)		Older (N=497)			Single type or none (N=356)		Multiple types (N=351)
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	p	N	%	N	%	p
Age										.007
6 or 7						122	34	88	25
8–12						234	66	263	75
Male	157	75	321	65	.008	238	67	240	68	.665
Race					.137					.128
White	125	59	330	66		242	68	213	61
African American	60	29	127	26		85	24	102	29
Other	25	12	40	8		29	8	36	10
Hispanic ethnicity	7	3	24	5	.375	15	4	16	5	.823
Medicaid primary insurance	122	58	248	50	.046	169	48	201	57	.009
Lives with both parents	66	32	157	32	.900	131	38	92	27	.002
Both parents have mental health problems	135	67	268	56	.008	196	57	207	62	.203
Both parents have mood disorder	34	16	83	17	.854	58	17	59	17	.893
Parent education					.245					.488
Less than high school	16	8	50	10		33	9	33	10
High school or GED	47	22	125	26		81	23	91	26
Some college or associate’s degree	110	53	217	44		165	47	162	47
Four-year college degree or higher	36	17	96	20		74	21	58	17
Parental stress (M±SD score)b	7.97±4.38		9.07±4.27		.002	8.16±4.27		9.34±4.31		<.001
Sitec					.310					<.001
CWRU	42	20	129	26		43	12	128	36
Cincinnati	50	24	123	25		129	36	44	13
OSU	60	28	124	25		111	31	73	21
Pittsburgh	58	28	121	24		73	21	106	30
Positive screen for mania symptoms	195	93	426	86	.008	306	86	315	90	.123

^aYounger children were ages 6 or 7; older children were ages 8–12.

^bMeasured by the Parent Stress Survey. Possible scores range from 0 to 25, with higher scores indicating a greater number of stressful parenting events.

^cCWRU, Case Western Reserve University; OSU, Ohio State University