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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Dec 13;88:326–336. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.12.005

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Analysis Variables (N=495)

n (%) or M (SD) Range Skewness/Kurtosis
Child sex (N=481)
Male 274 (57.0)
Female 207 (43.0)
Education (N=495)
< High school 124 (25.1)
High school (9~12th) 371 (74.9)
Race/ethnicity (N=481)
White 280 (58.2)
African American 124 (25.8)
Native American 32 (6.7)
Asian/Pacific Islander 21 (4.4)
Others 24 (5.0)
Baseline depression (N=495) 10.79 (5.67) 0~27
Baseline externalizing behavior (N=395) Externalizing behavior 13.48 (8.71) 0~53
Rule-breaking 2.38 (2.07) 0~14
Aggression 11.09 (7.11) 0~40
Childhood adversitya (N=495)
0 8 (1.6)
1 53 (10.7)
2 74 (14.9)
3 131 (26.5)
4 107 (21.6)
5 78 (15.8)
6 37 (7.5)
7 4 (0.8)
8 3 (0.6)
Primary care providerb (N=396)
Mother 89 (22.5)
Grandmother 10 (2.5)
Other relatives 28 (7.1)
Boyfriend/husband’s mother 16 (4.0)
Others 253 (63.9)
Disagreement with grandparentsc (N=422)
Never 213 (50.5)
Seldom 96 (22.7)
Sometimes 74 (17.5)
Fairly Often 23 (5.5)
Very Often 16 (3.8)
Physical disciplined (N=344) 17.01 (8.12) 1~43
Parenting stresse (N=418) 75.92 (20.74) 36~165
Externalizing behaviorf (N=327) Externalizing behavior 11.70 (9.17) 0~47 1.17/1.35
Rule-breaking 2.52 (2.52) 0~16 1.69/4.60
Aggression 9.18 (7.25) 0~34 1.07/0.84
a

Assessed retrospectively

b

Others indicate other relative, friend, father of baby/boyfriend/husband, day care, and paid baby sitter

c

Parent criticizes your parenting

d

Conflict Tactics total score

e

Parenting Stress Index (PSI) total score

f

Externalizing Behavior (CBCL) total score, subscales