Table 5.
Estimated proportions of the impact mediated by parents’ psychological distressa,b
| Externalizing | Internalizing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion (%) | 95 % CIc | Proportion (%) | 95 % CI | |
| Daughters (n = 865) | ||||
| The impact of mothers’ childhood abuse mediated by | ||||
| Mother’s psychological distress | 37.9d | (16.3–67.7) | 41.0d | (19.5–72.2) |
| Father’s psychological distress | −1.8 | (−17.9–3.9) | −1.4 | (−16.3–3.2) |
| Total | 36.1d | (10.0–66.9) | 39.7d | (13.8–70.0) |
| Sons (n = 885) | ||||
| The impact of fathers’ childhood abuse mediated by | ||||
| Mother’s psychological distress | 7.2 | (−4.4–23.9) | 5.5 | (−2.5–20.1) |
| Father’s psychological distress | 4.4 | (−6.6–16.8) | 12.1d | (1.1–29.9) |
| Total | 11.6 | (−4.7–30.9) | 17.6d | (3.4–39.1) |
Note: aK6 scale scores ≥ 5
bCalculated based on the estimation results in Models 1, 1A, 2, and 2A. Fathers’ and mothers’ experiences of childhood abuse were used as covariates in estimations for daughters and sons
cBias-corrected and accelerated confidence interval obtained by bootstrap estimations (with 2000 iterations), given the point-estimated total impact of parents’ childhood abuse on children’s problem behaviour
dindicates that the 95 % CI does not include zero.