Table 3.

One sample t-test comparing the mean adaptation, hope, social support and coping efficacy scores with those from parents of children with a diagnosed or undiagnosed medical condition

Variable	Published Scores ± sd	One Sample t test
Adaptation (PAS)	4.23 ± 0.593a	t(61) = −13.252, p = ≤0.001
	3.74 ± 0.760b	t(61) = −8.372, p = ≤0.001
	3.5 ± 0.9c	t(61) = −5.983, p = ≤0.001
	3.804 ± 0.78d	t(61) = −9.010, p = ≤0.001
Hope (AHS)	6.63 ± 0.875a	t(57) = −7.948, p = ≤0.001
Social Support (MOS-SSS)	73.01 ± 20.62e	t(58) = −6.342, p = ≤0.001
Coping Self Efficacy (CSE)	156.5 ± 51.6c	t(52) = −5.811, p = ≤0.001

sd. Standard deviation

^aParents of children with Down Syndrome (Truitt et al. 2012);

^bParents of children with undiagnosed medical conditions (Madeo, A. C., Bernhardt, B. A., & Biesecker, B. (Unpublished Manuscript). Parental Adaptation to an Undiagnosed Medical Condition in their Child);

^cMothers of children with muscular dystrophy (Peay et al. 2016);

^dParents of children with Rett syndome (Lamb et al. 2016);

^eMothers of children with cerebral palsy (Manuel et al. 2003)