Table 4.
Mean scores of emotional and behavioral problems according to family/relatives variables
| Independent variables | Social Problems |
Thought Problems |
Attention Problems |
Internalizing | Externalizing | Total Problems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Situation of parents | ||||||
| Alive | 2.5 (2.9) | 1.3 (1.9) | 11.5 (10.5) | 10.8 (9.4) | 7.1 (8.8) | 34.9 (28.1) |
| Died/unknown | 3.8 (3.7) | 2.0 (2.9) | 15.9 (13.9)* | 11.3 (9.5) | 12.8 (12.5)* | 47.1 (38.6)* |
| Regular contact with parents/relatives | ||||||
| Yes | 2.4 (3.2) | 1.4 (2.3) | 10.8 (11.7) | 9.3 (8.49) | 7.8 (10.0) | 33.1 (31.9) |
| No | 3.9 (3.8)* | 1.8 (2.3)* | 15.7 (12.2)* | 12.5 (10.7)* | 9.7 (10.3)* | 45.6 (34.6)* |
| Parental psychiatric disorder | ||||||
| Yes | 2.9 (3.2) | 1.7 (2.3) | 12.6 (11.0) | 10.5 (8.8) | 9.3 (10.9) | 38.4 (31.9) |
| No | 2.9 (3.3) | 1.6 (2.4) | 13.6 (129) | 9.8 (8.7) | 9.4 (10.4) | 38.8 (33.5) |
*
p<.05.