Table 1.
Baseline Assessment: Demographics
| Participants with Baseline Data (N= 99) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | M(SD) or % | Characteristic | M(SD) or % |
| Mother’s Age (yr.) | 23.7 (5.3) | Child’s Age (mo.) | 21.5 (17.2) |
| Mother’s Education | |||
| Less than high school | 24.7% | ||
| High school or GED | 22.2% | Child’s Gender | |
| Some College | 38.3% | Male | 58.9% |
| AA Degree | 2.5% | Female | 41.1% |
| Vocational or Technical Degree | 8.6% | ||
| Bachelor’s Degree | 3.7% | ||
| Mother’s Race | Child’s Race | ||
| Caucasian | 48.4% | Caucasian | 32.9% |
| African American | 44.1% | African American | 46.3% |
| Biracial/Hispanic | 7.5% | Biracial/Hispanic | 20.8% |
|
Income Less than $15.000/year |
67.8% |
Number of Children |
|
| More than $15.000/year | 32.2% | One | 48.5% |
| Two | 31.3% | ||
| Three+ | 16.2% | ||
| Marital Status | |||
| Single | 62.8% | Cumulative Riska | |
| Partnered | 37.2% | 0 | 5.1% |
| Baseline Trauma History | 1 | 22.2% | |
| # Traumatic Events Ever Experienced | 6.2 (4.0) Range 0–14 | 2 | 24.2% |
| Interpersonal Trauma Exposure | 72.7% | 3 | 20.2% |
| Neglect | 59.8% | 4 | 22.2% |
| Emotional Abuse | 68.1% | 5 | 6.1% |
| Physical Abuse | 58.9% | ||
| Sexual Abuse | 46.4% | ||
| Rape | 34.0% | ||
| Environmental Trauma Exposure | 98.0% | ||
| Being robbed or witnessing robbery | 22.4% | ||
| Being jailed or family member jailed | 51.5% | ||
| Having someone close die suddenly | 44.4% | ||
| Being in an accident/natural disaster | 37.4% | ||
| Baseline Maternal Psychopathology | |||
| PTSD diagnosis | 47.5% | ||
| PTSD symptom count | 7.3 (4.9) Range 0–17 | ||
| MDD diagnosis | 55.6% | ||
| MDD symptom count | 86.8 (28.8) Range 35–152 | ||
Note.
a
Cumulative Risk is a summary variable with 1 point assigned for each of the following risk indicators : age < 22 years, education < high school, marital status as single, income < $15.000/year, being a racial and/or ethnic minority. Possible scores ranged from 0–5.