Table 1.

Child, parent, and sociodemographic data collected from mothers in the community sample

Sociodemographic variables
Child’s age M (SD)	4.67 (2.56)
Child’s gender N (%)
Boys	104 (56.5%)
Girls	80 (43.5%)
Child mental health symptoms
Clinical elevated*	115 (62.5%)
Normal	69 (37.5%)
Mother’s anxiety/depression M (SD)	3.43 (2.9)
Mother’s education N (%)
Secondary	8 (4.3%)
College/Tafe	25 (13.6%)
University	151 (82.1%)
Mother’s occupation N (%)
Managers	21 (11.4%)
Professionals	116 (63.0%)
Technicians and trades workers	1 (.5%)
Community and personal service workers	3 (1.6%)
Clerical and administrative workers	16 (8.7%)
Sales workers	3 (1.6%)
Other	24 (13.0%)
Marital status N (%)
Married/defacto	171 (92.9%)
Single	13 (7.1%)
Number of siblings	0.97 (0.76)

M mean, SD standard deviation

*Presence of clinically elevated child mental health symptoms was determined by mothers’ SDQ scores within the borderline or abnormal range for at least one SDQ problem subscale (conduct problems, emotional problems, hyperactivity, peer problems). ^ǂMothers occupation was classified according to Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations [58]. Other occupations included self-employed (7 [29%]), student (8 [33%]); stay-at-home mother (6 [25%]), and not classifiable (3 [13%])