Table 1 Description of participating parents and children
Demographics of the parents (N = 135) | n(%) |
|---|---|
Person who completed the questionnaire ( n = 135) | |
  Mother | 98 (72.6) |
  Father | 22 (16.3) |
  Foster parents | 12 (8.9) |
  Other | 3 (2.2) |
Caregivers’ employment situationsa( n = 125; lower n , due to missing data) | |
  Working full time | 68 (54.4) |
  Working part time | 18 (14.4) |
  Job seeker | 4 (3.2) |
  Student | 4 (3.2) |
  Welfare recipient/Other | 31 (24.8) |
Caregivers’ educationb( n = 127; lower n , due to missing data) | |
  Completed junior high school | 17 (13.4) |
  Completed high school | 46 (36.2) |
  Completed vocational school | 15 (11.8) |
  <=4 years of college/university | 41 (32.3) |
  > 4 years of college/university | 8 (6.3) |
Caregivers’ ethnicity | |
  Study country | 111 (82.2) |
  Asian | 11 (8.1) |
  Western European Countries | 3 (2.2) |
  African Countries | 4 (3) |
  South/ Central American Countries | 2 (1.5) |
  Eastern European Countries | 3 (2.2) |
  Northern American Countries | 1 (0.7) |
Demographics of the children ( N  = 135) | n (%) |
Child’s gender ( n = 135) | |
  Girls | 108 (80) |
  Boys | 27 (20) |
Child’s age ( n = 135) |  |
  Range | 10-18 |
  Mean | M = 14.8 (SD = 2.2) |
Child’s living situation ( n = 135) | |
  Lives together with both parents | 31 (23) |
  Lives equally with mother and father, but parents are divorced | 4 (3) |
  Live most or only with mother | 70 (51.9) |
  Live most or only with father | 13 (9.6) |
  Foster care | 12 (8.9) |
  Other (alone, institution, with boyfriend) | 5 (3.7) |
Household income ( n = 117; lower n , due to missing data) | |
  < NOK 200,000 (< USD 35,000) | 17 (14.5) |
  [NOK 200,000, NOK 500.000) ([USD 35,000, 87,000)] | 46 (39.3) |
  [NOK 500,000,1.000.000] ([USD 87,000, 174,000)] | 39 (33.3) |
  > NOK 1,000,000 (>USD 174,000) | 9 (7.7) |
  Do not know | 6 (5.1) |
Trauma groups, Child’s primary (worst) trauma ( n = 135) | |
  Accident | 3 (2.2) |
  Sudden death/ injury of a close person | 25 (18.5) |
  Hospitalization | 1 (0.7) |
  Extrafamilial violence | 23 (17) |
  Robbed | 1 (0.7) |
  Witness physical abuse inside family | 5 (3.7) |
  Exposed to physical abuse inside family | 38 (28.1) |
  Sexual abuse outside family | 28 (20.7) |
  Sexual abuse inside family | 11 (8.1) |
Months since worst trauma occurred ( n = 135) | |
  Range | 1-138 |
  Mean | M = 30.0. (SD = 32.8) |
Child’s total number of traumatic experiences (n = 135) | |
  Range | 1-8 |
  Mean | M = 3.5 (SD = 1.7) |
Child’s scores on the CAPS-CA, T1 ( n = 135) |  |
  Range | 9-125 |
  Mean | M = 60.4 (SD = 20.3) |
Child’s scores on the CPSS, T1 ( n = 135) |  |
  Range | 15-46 |
  Mean (SD) | M = 29.9 (SD = 7.6) |