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. 2021 Jan 7;31(4):649–661. doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01706-1

Table 4.

Experiences on daily life functioning in families with a child with a mental health condition (MHC) and without a mental health condition (NO-MHC), results of Chi-square and effect size for the differences between countries and effect sizes for the comparison between the MHC group and the NO-MHC group

Total UK Sweden Spain Belgium Netherlands Germany Italy Country differences χ2 (ES) NO-MHC vs MHC group χ2 (ES)
1. Child feels socially isolated MHC 55.4 66.0 53.5 44.1 69.7 52.2 66.3 57.6 156.32* (0.18) 14.52* (0.05)
NO-MHC 60.4 67.3 55.7 47.8 76.9 48.2 67.3 61.3
2. Parent feels socially isolated MHC 57.0 69.2 56.0 46.3 69.3 63.7 61.2 50.7 103.15* (0.15) 0.06 (0.00)
NO-MHC 57.2 67.2 53.2 47.9 72.7 54.9 62.0 53.4
3. Adults drink alcohol/use other drugs MHC 5.0 16.0 1.3 2.9b 14.1 3.9 6.1 1.7b 176.62* (0.20) 0.01 (0.00)
NO-MHC 5.0 19.1a 2.1b 2.5b 9.1 5.0 5.7 1.5b
4. Conflicts with the child MHC 30.7 40.4 23.8 30.8 35.2 30.4 45.8 24.1 266.51* (0.24) 2.08 (0.02)
NO-MHC 28.9 38.4 11.0 27.4 28.1 25.0 41.3 20.8
5. Conflicts between adults MHC 14.6 18.8 10.3 15.9 14.9 9.0 28.7 12.3 132.65* (0.17) 0.04 (0.00)
NO-MHC 14.8 18.7 6.8 12.8 13.2 6.2 22.5 10.4
6. Digital media use, not including schoolwork MHC 60.9 74.5 48.8 66.7 75.8 60.1 57.1 65.8 286.72* (0.25) 0.31 (0.00)
NO-MHC 60.2 75.0a 35.9b 68.7a 73.7a 51.2 59.8 64.7
7. Work-related problems MHC 24.1 33.0 13.4 34.4 15.3 21.4 32.6 33.1 102.13* (0.15) 2.32 (0.02)
NO-MHC 22.3 28.1 10.9 27.5 17.4 19.9 22.0 29.9
8. Financial problems MHC 17.8 16.5 13.1 24.0 10.2 13.5 26.5 26.2 82.74* (0.14) 7.58 (0.04)
NO-MHC 15.0 14.3 7.4 20.0 8.4 7.4 16.5 19.5

Numbers indicate percentage of parents reporting a score of 4 or 5 (“more” or “much more”). The letters a and b indicate a significant difference between countries with an effect size of at least medium size (V ≥ .30), with the letter a always indicating a larger proportion compared to countries marked with the letter b

*Significant at p < .001