Table 1.
Sample characteristics of infants and their mothers (N = 135).
| Variable | M/% | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Infant age (in months) | 8.55 | 3.10 |
| Mother age (in years) | 33.27 | 4.47 |
| Girls | 45.2% | – |
| Firstborn child | 65.2% | – |
| Mother has high school or higher education | 74.8% | – |
| Mother married | 79.3% | – |
| Mother of German origin | 79.3% | |
| Mother with mental disorder lifetime | 14.8% | – |
| Diagnoses | ||
| Persistent excessive crying | 8.9% | – |
| Regulation disorder of sensory processing | 44.4% | – |
| Feeding disorder | 13.3% | – |
| Sleeping disorder | 95.6% | – |
| > 1 diagnoses | 48.0% | – |
| PIR-GAS | 74.96 | 9.76 |
| SCL (GSI) | 49.00 | 34.18 |
| PSI | 131.50 | 31.60 |
PIR-GAS, Parent–Infant Relationship General Assessment; SCL (GSI), Global Severity Index of the Symptom-Severity-Check-List-90R-S; PSI, Sum score of the Parenting Stress Index.