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Table 4 BDI-II depression scores by country and parenting styles

From: Parenting and depressive symptoms among adolescents in four Caribbean societies

 

Parenting Style

Country

Authoritative

Authoritarian

Permissive

Neglectful

 Jamaica

Mean

13.77a

21.18abc

13.00bc

21.41acd

sd

10.10

10.58

9.98

9.39

 Bahamas

Mean

10.99bde

17.00

12.44bdf

17.09eg

sd

8.93

9.86

7.19

9.38

 St. Kitts

Mean

11.87bdgh

19.74acefhi

11.40bdij

16.32dehj

sd

8.74

11.73

9.18

10.09

 St Vincent

Mean

13.36bdik

17.53ehjkl

13.03bdilm

18.36aehjkm

sd

7.95

9.15

9.01

10.29

  1. a Jamaica Authoritative versus others (p < .05).
  2. b Jamaica Authoritarian versus others (p < .05).
  3. c Jamaica Permissive versus others (p < .05).
  4. d Jamaica Neglectful versus others (p < .05).
  5. e The Bahamas Authoritative versus others (p < .05).
  6. f The Bahamas Permissive versus others (p < .05).
  7. g The Bahamas Neglectful versus others (p < .05).
  8. h St. Kitts Authoritative versus others (p < .05).
  9. i St. Kitts Authoritarian versus others (p < .05).
  10. j St. Kitts Permissive versus others (p < .05).
  11. k St. Vincent Authoritative versus others (p < .05).
  12. l St. Vincent Authoritarian versus others (p < .05).
  13. m St. Vincent Permissive versus others (p < .05).
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

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