TABLE 5.
Change in children’s behavior according to the level of parenting stress.
| Variable | Low stress |
High stress |
Statistics |
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| Mean range | Range addition | Mean range | Range addition | U | p | |
| Sleeps | 225.71 | 46721.50 | 229.00 | 56563.50 | 25193.50 | 0.778 |
| Is sad | 186.94 | 38696.50 | 261.49 | 64588.50 | 17168.50 | 0.000 |
| Eats | 220.39 | 45621.00 | 233.46 | 57664.00 | 24093.00 | 0.251 |
| Disobeys | 184.14 | 38116.50 | 263.84 | 65168.50 | 16588.50 | 0.000 |
| Fights with siblings | 192.42 | 39831.00 | 256.90 | 63454.00 | 18303.00 | 0.000 |
| Is anxious/nervous | 178.50 | 36949.50 | 268.56 | 66335.50 | 15421.50 | 0.000 |
| Screams | 178.49 | 36947.00 | 268.57 | 66338.00 | 15419.00 | 0.000 |
| Wants to sleep in my/our bed | 196.54 | 40684.00 | 253.45 | 62601.00 | 19156.00 | 0.000 |
| Shows dependent behavior | 193.44 | 40043.00 | 256.04 | 63242.00 | 18515.00 | 0.000 |
| Shows defiant behavior | 176.43 | 36520.50 | 270.30 | 66764.50 | 14992.50 | 0.000 |
| Plays with friends (now online) | 234.99 | 48643.50 | 221.22 | 54641.50 | 24013.50 | 0.253 |
| Once asleep, he/she wakes up confused in the middle of the night | 207.01 | 42851.50 | 244.67 | 60433.50 | 21323.50 | 0.001 |
| Has nightmares | 206.18 | 42679.50 | 245.37 | 60605.50 | 21151.50 | 0.001 |