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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2018 Aug;46(6):1321–1332. doi: 10.1007/s10802-017-0387-1

Table 1.

Group Differences in Demographics and Variables of Interest

Anxious Control Total Sample Comparison Statistics

M (SD) / % (n) M (SD) / % (n) M (SD) / % (n) t or X2 (df) p
Age 9.01 (1.70) 8.92 (1.26) 8.98 (1.56) −.33 (95.77) .75
Gender (Female) 50.7% (38) 52.6% (20) 51.3% (58) .04 (1) .84
Race/Ethnicity 3.00 (4) .56
Caucasian 54.7% (41) 60.5% (23) 56.6% (64)
African-American 4% (3) 5.3% (2) 4.4% (5)
Asian 1.3% (1) 2.6% (1) 1.8% (2)
Hispanic 13.3% (10) 18.4% (7) 15% (17)
Other/Biracial 26.7% (20) 13.2% (5) 22.1% (25)
Income −1.58 (109) .12
< $10K N/A 5.4% (2) 1.8% (2)
$10–20K 2.7% (2) 2.6% (1) 2.7% (3)
$20–40K 8.1% (6) 10.8% (4) 9% (10)
$40–60K 8.1% (6) 5.4% (2) 7.2% (8)
$60–80K 10.8% (8) 16.2% (6) 12.6% (14)
$80–100K 10.8% (8) 16.2% (6) 12.6% (14)
>$100K 59.5% (44) 43.2% (16) 54.1% (60)
Maternal Education −1.38 (110) .17
Some grade school 1.4% (1) 2.6% (1) 1.8% (2)
Completed high school 1.4% (1) 10.5% (4) 4.5% (5)
Some College 17.6% (13) 10.5% (4) 15.2% (17)
Completed College 40.5% (30) 47.4% (18) 42.9% (48)
Advanced Degree 39.2% (29) 28.9% (11) 35.7% (40)
Paternal Education −.69 (4) .50
Some grade school 1.4% (1) N/A .9% (1)
Completed high school 11% (8) 5.6% (2) 9.2% (10)
Some College 17.8% (13) 36.1% (13) 23.9% (26)
Completed College 34.2% (25) 33.3% (12) 33.9% (37)
Advanced Degree 35.6% (26) 25% (9) 32% (35)
Parent Marital Status 1.25 (1) .26
Married 81.3% (61) 89.5% (34) 84.1% (95)
Other (e.g., Single, Divorced) 18.7% (14) 10.5% (4) 15.9% (18)
CGAS 57.27 (6.01) - - - -
SCARED-P 31.22 (12.10) 4.65 (3.80) 22.70 (16.09) −16.95 (94.82) <.001
SCARED-C 30.75 (14.07) 15.19 (9.51) 25.61 (14.67) −6.81 (96.60) <.001
Co-Sleeping 8.35 (2) .02
Usually 22.7% (17) 5.3% (2) 16.8% (19)
Sometimes 13.3% (10) 5.3% (2) 10.6% (12)
Rarely 64% (48) 89.5% (34) 72.6% (82)
WEP 17.12 (7.71) 14.24 (8.24) 16. 11 (7.98) −1.81 (107) .07
WASO (minutes) 51.14 (26.95) 44.38 (24.18) 48.78 (26.11) −1.29 (107) .19
TST (minutes) 499.92 (39.14) 504.41 (44.28) 501.49 (40.86) .55 (107) .59
Sleep Onset 22:09 (1:04) 22:02 (0:47) 22:06 (0:59) −.62 (107) .54
Sleep Offset 7:19 (0:50) 7:10 (0:41) 07:16 (0:47) −.95 (107) .35
TST SD (minutes) 53.17 (25.98) 45.15 (17.56) 50.37 (23.62) −1.69 (107) .09
Sleep Onset SD (minutes) 39.01 (24.65) 38.72 (19.39) 38.91 (22.86) −.06 (107) .95
Sleep Offset SD (minutes) 42.46 (25.64) 45.68 (19.13) 43.58 (23.53) .68 (107) .50

Notes. CGAS = Children's Global Assessment Scale. SCARED-P = Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, Parent Report. SCARED-C = Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, Child Report. WEP = Wake Episodes. WASO = Wake After Sleep Onset. TST = Total Sleep Time. TST SD = Standard Deviation of Total Sleep Time (Intraindividual Variability in Sleep Duration). Sleep Onset SD = Standard Deviation of Sleep Onset. Sleep Offset SD = Standard Deviation of Sleep Offset.