Table 2.
Comparisons by Risk/Illness Group
| Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) |
Very Low Birthweight (VLBW) |
Term (T) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD | Range | M ± SD | Range | M ± SD | Range | F | |
| Psychological Distress | (N =63) | (N =32) | (N =98) | ||||
| General Severity Index | .62 ± .6 | 0–4 | .56 ±.6 | 0–4 | .37 ±.4 | 0–4 | 5.3a*** |
| Parenting Stressor | (N = 55) | (N = 29) | (N = 90) | ||||
| Role restriction | 18.6 ± 5 | 7–34 | 19.8 ± 6 | 8–34 | 18.4 ± 5 | 7–31 | .7 |
| Sense of competence | 28.5 ± 6 | 17–45 | 29.2 ±6 | 17–41 | 28.4 ± 7 | 15–48 | .8 |
| Social Support | (N =55) | (N =29) | (N =90) | ||||
| General support | 14.2 ±4 | 6–27 | 14.4 ± 5 | 8–26 | 13.3 ± 4 | 5–24 | .3 |
| Spousal support | 18.4 ± 5 | 7–34 | 18.6 ± 6 | 8–32 | 18.1 ± 5 | 7–31 | .9 |
a
BPD and VLBW > T, p < .05.
***
p< 0.1.