Table 3.
Means, SDs, F and p values for comparisons of interview and questionnaire measures of mother–adolescent relationships and adolescent adjustment and wellbeing in reproductive donation families according to age at disclosure
| By age 3 | Between ages 4 and 6 | Between ages 7 and 14 | F | p | Contrasts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 7 versus 7 or older | Before 3 versus between 4 to 6 | |||||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p | p | |||
| Quality of parenting | 2.18 | .077 | ||||||||
| Positive parenting | 0.13 | 0.85 | 0.07 | 0.76 | −0.59 | 0.48 | 3.37 | .042 | .012 | .784 |
| Negative parenting | −0.08 | 0.50 | −0.03 | 0.57 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 3.14 | .052 | .016 | .743 |
| Global family functioning | 3.75 | .007 | ||||||||
| Mother‐index of family relations | 8.14 | 4.79 | 9.49 | 7.92 | 21.20 | 13.45 | 7.13 | .002 | .000 | .437 |
| Child‐index of family relations | 10.68 | 8.13 | 16.03 | 7.87 | 21.87 | 17.53 | 3.5 | .035 | .027 | .157 |
| Maternal measures of mother–child dyad | 2.56 | 0.043 | ||||||||
| Parental Acceptance/Rejection Questionnaire | 27.90 | 2.75 | 28.50 | 4.36 | 32.00 | 6.50 | 3.17 | .051 | .016 | .657 |
| Parental Control Scale | 36.06 | 4.08 | 34.64 | 4.11 | 38.20 | 2.97 | 2.88 | .066 | .043 | .248 |
| Child measures of mother–child dyad | 0.55 | .699 | ||||||||
| Parental Acceptance/Rejection Questionnaire | 27.11 | 3.41 | 28.22 | 3.47 | 28.78 | 4.24 | ||||
| Parental Control Scale | 34.61 | 7.01 | 34.06 | 6.80 | 32.67 | 3.84 | ||||
| Adolescent Psychological Difficulties (SDQ) | 1.23 | 0.304 | ||||||||
| Mother‐SDQ | 5.17 | 3.22 | 4.67 | 2.74 | 3.67 | 3.00 | ||||
| Child‐SDQ | 8.39 | 4.80 | 10.50 | 5.86 | 11.00 | 5.20 | ||||
| Adolescent wellbeing (EPOCH) | 3.88 | 0.45 | 3.76 | 0.49 | 3.42 | 0.61 | 2.85 | .069 | .027 | .485 |