Table 3.
Comparison between secure attachment group and insecure attachment group
| Secure (n=20) | Insecure (n=24) | T | p | |
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| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Parenting stress (K-PSI-SF) | ||||
| Parent distress | 32.30 (8.79) | 34.91 (7.03) | -1.09 | 0.279 |
| Parent-child dysfunctional interaction | 23.75 (7.03) | 29.37 (6.64) | -2.66 | 0.011 |
| Difficult child | 29.15 (10.61) | 37.04 (8.62) | -2.72 | 0.009 |
| Total parenting stress | 85.20 (22.69) | 101.33 (15.07) | -2.81 | 0.007 |
| Psychopathology (SCL-90-R) | ||||
| Somatization | 47.50 (12.13) | 43.45 (6.42) | 1.34 | 0.191 |
| Obsessive-compulsive | 48.40 (12.64) | 48.33 (8.98) | 0.02 | 0.984 |
| Interpersonal sensitivity | 45.05 (8.30) | 50.29 (11.98) | -1.65 | 0.106 |
| Depression | 47.15 (11.19) | 48.37 (9.96) | -0.38 | 0.703 |
| Anxiety | 43.70 (9.70) | 45.16 (8.64) | -0.53 | 0.599 |
| Hostility | 49.85 (12.76) | 52.08 (13.72) | -0.55 | 0.582 |
| Phobic anxiety | 43.70 (4.63) | 46.91 (10.07) | -1.31 | 0.196 |
| Paranoid ideation | 43.10 (6.38) | 46.87 (9.19) | -1.54 | 0.129 |
| Psychoticism | 44.30 (6.68) | 46.16 (8.67) | -0.78 | 0.436 |
| Total score | 44.75 (10.81) | 46.20 (10.01) | -0.46 | 0.645 |
| Parenting type (MBRI) | ||||
| Autonomous | 41.70 (5.68) | 38.50 (4.77) | 2.03 | 0.049 |
| Controlling | 37.65 (7.16) | 35.62 (4.39) | 1.15 | 0.257 |
| Affectionate | 48.20 (5.31) | 41.04 (6.18) | 4.07 | 0.000 |
| Hostile | 28.60 (6.59) | 35.62 (4.48) | -4.18 | 0.000 |
K-PSI-SF: Korean-Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, MBRI: Maternal Behavior Research Instrument, SCL-90-R: Symptom Checklist- 90-Revised, SD: standard deviation