Table 1.

Participants’ demographic characteristics

	Replication Study with Turkish Sample (N = 184)		Original Study with the US Sample (N = 349)a
	Frequency (%)	Range	Frequency (%)	Range
Parent age, mean (SD)	37 (5.3)	26–52	38.9 (7.5)	23–69
Parent education level
Primary school	8 (4%)		NA
Secondary school	10 (6%)		NA
Some high school	2 (1%)		3 (1%)
High school degree	42 (23%)		30 (9%)
Some college	1 (1%)		58 (17%)
Associate degree	7 (4%)		52 (15%)
Bachelor’s degree	78 (42%)		147 (42%)
Master’s degree	21(11%)		48 (13%)
Doctoral level degree	15 (8%)		11 (3%)
Household size, mean (SD)	4.02 (0.93)	2–7	4 (2.8)	2–10
Child age, mean (SD)	7.6 (2.5)	3–12	7.8 (3.1)	3–12
Child gender (%)	Girls = 53.6%		Girls = 46.7%
Parent biology knowledge, mean (SD)	4.4 (1.7)	1–7	4.4 (1.1)	1–7
Child biology knowledge, mean (SD)	2.9 (1.8)	1–7	3.4 (1.4)	1–7
Anxietyb, mean (SD)
Parent	7.2 (2.4)	0–10	7.1 (3)	0–10
Child	6.1 (2.6)	0–10	5.1 (3.1)	0–10
Family	7.2 (2.2)	0–10	7 (2.6)	0–10
Worry, mean (SD)
Parent	7.2 (2.3)	0–10	7.4 (2.8)	0–10
Child	6.2 (2.6)	0–10	5.4 (2.9)	0–10
Family	7.3 (2.2)	0–10	7.4 (2.4)	0–10
Coping, mean (SD)
Parent	7 (2)	0–10	8 (2.4)	0–10
Child	6.8 (2.2)	0–10	7.9 (2.7)	0–10
Family	7 (1.9)	0–10	8.2 (2.2)	0–10

^a Comparative data from a US sample reported in Menendez et al., 2021

^b We conducted a linear mixed-effects model to examine whether there were differences in parental reports of worry, anxiety and coping. There was a significant effect of question type (parent, child, family), F_worry (2, 179) = 21.82, F_anxiety (2, 179) = 26.26, p < .001, p < .001, F_coping (2, 179) = 3.48, p < .05. Parents reported significantly higher worry, anxiety and coping strategies for themselves t_worry (180) = 5.98, p < .001, t_anxiety (179.99) = 6.42, p < .001, t_coping (180) = 2.01, p < .05 and for their families t_worry (180) = 6.57, p < .001, t_anxiety (179.99) = 7.26, p < .001, t_coping (180) = 2.61, p = .009 than for their children