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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2021 Apr 28;25(6):1694–1708. doi: 10.1177/13623613211001611

Table 2:

Baseline, Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3 observed means and standard deviations of parent and family variables

Baseline Time 1 Time 2 Time 3
Variable Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Parenting Stress (PSI-SF raw score) 86.76 (25.63) 87.96 (22.46) 86.98 (23.46) 88.48 (23.50)
 Hispanic 83.34 (23.78) 81.54 (21.87) 81.36 (23.67) 86.66 (24.03)
 Non-Hispanic 88.43 (26.39) 91.57 (22.06) 89.76 (22.93) 89.28 (23.30)
Autism Parenting Stress Index (APSI) 11.64 (9.06) 15.32 (11.18) 16.13 (11.16) 17.17 (11.41)
 Hispanic 11.35 (8.88) 12.85 (10.24) 14.75 (10.21) 15.32 (10.12)
 Non-Hispanic 11.75 (9.15) 16.40 (11.43) 16.69 (11.50) 17.95 (11.85)
Avoidant Coping (Brief COPE) 1.51 (0.49) 1.64 (0.50) 1.58 (0.54) 1.63 (0.53)
 Hispanic 1.48 (0.40) 1.48 (0.41) 1.46 (0.47) 1.53 (0.50)
 Non-Hispanic 1.52 (0.53) 1.71 (0.53) 1.63 (0.56) 1.67 (0.54)
Approach Coping (Brief COPE) 2.37 (0.92) 2.94 (0.77) 2.84 (0.84) 2.86 (0.78)
 Hispanic 2.39 (0.86) 2.66 (0.83) 2.62 (0.94) 2.63 (0.85)
 Non-Hispanic 2.36 (0.94) 3.06 (0.72) 2.93 (0.79) 2.96 (0.73)
Negative Family Impact (FIQ) 16.34 (11.51) 17.84 (12.03) 17.20 (11.56) 18.21 (11.67)
 Hispanic 14.97 (9.17) 14.73 (9.72) 16.16 (9.52) 16.83 (10.61)
 Non-Hispanic 16.88 (12.28) 19.21 (12.69) 17.61 (12.29) 18.79 (12.07)

Note. Time 1: after diagnostic ascertainment or 150 days after enrollment if diagnostic ascertainment not completed; Time 2: 100 days after diagnostic ascertainment or an additional 100 days after enrollment; Time 3: one year after enrollment.