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Table 5 Parental and child mental health according to the State Scale of STADI (parents), CSF (infants) and SDQ (toddlers)

From: A cross-sectional investigation of psychosocial stress factors in German families with children aged 0–3 years during the COVID-19 pandemic: initial results of the CoronabaBY study

Parental mental health (STADI)

%

n

 Depressiona

  Far below average

4.3

42

  Below average

25.7

251

  Average

51.5

504

  Above average

16.6

162

  Far above average

1.9

19

 Anxietyb

  Far below average

0

0

  Below average

9.0

88

  Average

60.9

596

  Above average

25.9

254

  Far above average

4.2

41

 Totala

  Far below average

4.2

41

  Below average

10.9

107

  Average

60.8

595

  Above average

20.1

197

  Far above average

4.0

39

Child mental health (CSF and SDQ)

%

n

 Regulatory problems (noticeable crying, feeding & sleeping problems)c

  Excessive crying (Wessel criterion)

3.2

18

  Crying/Whining/Sleeping

26.2

145

  Feeding

34.8

193

  Multiple regulation problems (crying, sleeping and feeding)

13.5

75

 Emotional and behavioral problems (Categorial evaluation of SDQ total score)d

  Inconspicuous/normal

81.5

356

  Borderline

10.1

44

  Noticeable/abnormal

8.5

37

 Noticeable/abnormal problem scores according to SDQ-subscalesd

  Emotional problems

6.6

29

  Conduct problems

6.2

27

  Hyperactivity

6.9

30

  Peer problems

7.6

33

  1. aN = 978, bN = 979, cN = 554 (infants), dN = 437 (toddlers)