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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of adolescents according to DAWBA, preceding parental CBCL, and baseline data

From: Parental distress rating at the child’s age of 15 years predicts probable mental diagnosis: a three-year follow-up

 

No DAWBA-based diagnosis (No Dg) n = 394

DAWBA-based diagnosis (Dg) n = 47

Difference between means*

Dg – no Dg

p-value

CBCL

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

  

CBCL score at the age of 15 years

10.6 (15.0)

21.0 (23.2)

4.22

<.001

14.8 (13.5)

24.4 (16.5)

  

Gender

% (n)

% (n)

  

 Girls (n = 251)

54.3 (214)

78.7 (37)

10.20

.001

 Boys (n = 190)

45.7 (180)

21.3 (10)

  

Parental data at child’s birth

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

  

Mother’s age (total n = 433)

26.6 (4.9)

25.3 (5.2)

2.60

.010

27.2 (3.7)

25.5 (4.1)

  

Father’s age (total n = 407)

29.0 (5.1)

28.1 (5.2)

1.84

ns

29.5 (4.2)

28.0 (4.9)

  
 

% (n)

% (n)

  

Living in single parent families at 15 years (n = 53)

11.4 (45)

17.0 (8)

  

Mother’s basic education >9 years(n = 232)

53.1 (209)

49.0 (23)

0.28

ns

<9 years(n = 209)

47.0 (185)

51.1 (24)

  

Father’s basic education >9 years (n = 139)

31.5 (124)

31.9 (15)

0.00

ns

<9 years (n = 302)

68.5 (270)

68.1 (32)

  

Mother’s vocational training

 college/university (n = 187)

42.9 (169)

38.3 (18)

0.36

ns

  < college/university (n = 254)

57.1 (225)

61.7 (29)

  

Father’s vocational training

 college/university (n = 132)

30.7 (121)

23.4 (11)

1.07

ns

  < college/university (n = 309)

69.3 (273)

76.6 (36)

  

Mother’s SES white-collar (n = 47)

11.2 (44)

6.4 (3)

1.01

ns

<white-collar (n = 394)

88.8 (350)

93.6 (44)

  

Father’s SES white-collar (n = 112)

26.7 (105)

14.9 (7)

3.06

ns

<white-collar (n = 329)

73.4 (289)

85.1 (40)

  
  1. *Group differences are tested using Wilcoxon Two-Sample Test and Chi-Square
  2. Descriptive statistics, mean differences, and p-values of two groups from ratings according to the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) Scale of 18-year-olds and gender inclusive parental data at the child’s birth, and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) at age 15 (n = 441)