Table 2.

Parent Psychopathology as Indicators of Family Psychosocial Adaptation during the Early Child Rearing Years among MLS Participants (Boys at Ages 3 - 5)

	Court Recruited	Community Recruited	Controls
	(n = 158)	(n = 60)	(n = 90)
Father	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	F
Psychopathology
Beck Depression	3.04 (3.19)	2.47 (2.60)	1.85 (2.11)	4.95**a
Hamilton Depression	15.54 (10.22)	13.37 (12.89)	7.82 (7.11)	16.32***ac
Child Antisociality	11.69 (7.78)	8.53 (4.74)	6.49 (4.51)	18.32***abc
Adult Antisociality	12.18 (7.97)	7.71 (4.11)	5.35 (3.46)	33.73***abc
LAPS	11.24 (2.00)	10.19 (1.68)	7.70 (2.01)	89.94***abc
GAF	53.64 (10.05)	63.39 (8.62)	67.38 (10.27)	57.33***abc
Mother
Psychopathology
Beck Depression	3.60 (3.54)	2.57 (2.22)	2.97 (3.33)	2.29*b
Hamilton Depression	17.54 (10.82)	16.67 (14.27)	12.95 (10.81)	4.46*ac
Child Antisociality	8.17 (6.60)	6.10 (4.17)	4.65 (3.41)	11.98***abc
Adult Antisociality	6.56 (4.94)	4.96 (3.27)	4.34 (3.71)	12.09***a
LAPS	10.43 (1.88)	10.23 (1.30)	9.11 (1.25)	8.83***ac
GAF	57.67 (11.28)	63.35 (7.45)	66.13 (9.85)	19.78***ab

Note: LAPS = Lifetime Alcohol Problem Score GAF = DSM-IV Axis V (Global Adaptive Functioning

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001

^aCourt > Control

^bCourt > Community

^cCommunity > Control