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Table 4 Parents’ mean scores (and standard deviations) on the PSS and effect sizes (Cohen’s d) for group comparisons

From: Parenting behavior in families of female adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury in comparison to a clinical and a nonclinical control group

Group

Overall score

Parental rewards

Parental stressors

Lack of control

Parental satisfaction

M (SD)

Cohen’s d

M(SD)

M(SD)

M(SD)

M(SD)

Mothers

NSSI (n = 36)

41.95 (9.13)

 

10.33 (3.06)

17.92 (6.37)

4.94 (1.84)

6.67 (1.80)

CC (n = 22)

36.73 (7.98)

 

9.36 (3.06)

16.18 (4.24)

4.32 (1.49)

5.41 (1.40)

NC (n = 34)

34.93 (8.54)

 

8.88 (2.97)

15.37 (4.59)

4.44 (1.78)

4.38 (1.84)

NSSI vs. CC

 

0.61

    

NSSI vs. NC

 

0.80

    

CC vs. NC

 

0.22

    

Fathers

NSSI (n = 9)

42.50 (8.73)

 

11.00 (1.69)

17.50 (5.04)

5.75 (2.43)

6.00 (1.60)

CC (n = 5)

37.60 (5.98)

 

8.80 (5.17)

16.40 (3.78)

4.80 (0.84)

5.80 (0.84)

NC (n = 10)

35.90 (6.71)

 

10.70 (2.31)

14.70 (3.02)

4.60 (1.65)

4.40 (1.43)

NSSI vs. CC

 

0.67

    

NSSI vs. NC

 

0.90

    

CC vs. NC

 

0.28

    
  1. PSS Parental Stress Scale; NSSI Adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury; CC clinical controls (adolescents with other mental disorders); NC nonclinical controls (adolescents without mental disorders)