Comorbid anxiety and depression in school-aged children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and selfreported symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, and depression among parents of school-aged children with and without ADHD

. 2015 Dec 25;27(6):356–367. doi: 10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.215115

Table 3. Comparison of self-reported anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms among parents of children with and without ADHD

	parents of children with ADHD mean (sd)	parents of children without ADHD mean (sd)	t-test (p-value)
STAI-AD-SAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adult-State-Anxiety scale[26] STAI-AD-TAI score, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adult-Trait-Anxiety scale[26] BDI, Beck Depression Inventory[27] ^a compare fathers and mothers in ADHD group: STAI-AD-SAI (t=4.14, p < 0.001), STAI-AD-TAI (t=2.37, p=0.020), and BDI (t=1.85, p=0.068) ^b compare fathers and mothers in control group: STAI-AD-SAI (t=2.11, p=0.039), STAI-AD-TAI (t=0.66, p=0.511), and BDI (t=0.91, p=0.366)
ALL PARENTS	n=94	n=63
STAI-AD-SAI	43.0 (7.6)	41.4 (8.4)	1.21 (0.226)
STAI-AD-TAI	45.1 (8.3)	40.7 (7.2)	3.53 (0.001)
BDI	4.8 (2.2)	4.7 (1.3)	0.36 (0.721)
FATHERS	n=40^a	n=30^b
STAI-AD-SAI	39.3 (8.7)	39.4 (8.9)	0.05 (0.963)
STAI-AD-TAI	42.8 (8.0)	40.1 (6.8)	1.52 (0.131)
BDI	4.3 (1.7)	4.5 (1.1)	0.60 (0.552)
MOTHERS	n=54^a	n=33^b
STAI-AD-SAI	45.7 (5.2)	43.2 (4.5)	1.39 (0.172)
STAI-AD-TAI	46.8 (8.2)	41.3 (7.6)	3.20 (< 0.001)
BDI	5.1 (2.5)	4.8 (1.5)	2.21 (< 0.001)