Table 2.

Differences in depression, anxiety and stress between the parents of children with ASD and parents of neurotypical children.

	ASD	Control	t	p	d
First wave
Depression	7.98 (9.20)	6.07 (8.30)	1.45	0.148	0.22
Anxiety	5.00 (7.14)	2.80 (3.80)	2.61	0.010	0.38
Stress	10.87 (8.95)	10.09 (7.97)	0.61	0.541	0.09
Second wave
Depression	15.69 (12.61)	7.43 (9.03)	4.70	<0.001	0.75
Anxiety	10.08 (10.14)	4.87 (7.91)	3.57	<0.001	0.57
Stress	17.94 (11.19)	11.10 (8.66)	4.26	<0.001	0.68
Third wave
Depression	14.84 (11.82)	9.13 (9.28)	3.56	<0.001	0.54
Stress	16.31 (9.78)	13.78 (8.90)	1.78	0.077	0.27
Anxiety	8.96 (8.89)	7.08 (8.15)	1.46	0.146	0.22