Quality of life of parents raising children with pervasive developmental disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Correlations between Maternal PCS and MCS scores and Intimate Bond Measure scores or NEO Five Factor Inventory scores

	Mothers			Fathers
	n	PCS	MCS	n	PCS	MCS
Intimate Bond Measure scores ^a
Care by spouse	137	.293**	.178*	122	.117	−.018
Control by spouse	137	−.173*	−.187*	122	−.278**	−.173
NEO Five Factor Inventory scores of mothers and fathers ^b
Neuroticism	146	−.165*	−.468**	122	−.150	−.604**
Extraversion	146	.209*	.394**	122	−.041	.176
Openness	146	−.152	−.026	122	.098	.102
Agreeableness	146	.170*	.268**	122	.002	.317**
Conscientiousness	146	.084	.030	122	.035	.259**
Time spend with children
Mothers	146	.012	−.041	122	.029	−.085
Fathers	121	.133	.119	122	.065	.216*
Work time
Mothers	146	.234**	.113	122	−.085	−.010
Fathers	121	−.136	−.111	122	.258**	−.077
Education	146	−.058	−.183*	122	.101	.007
Living together
Paternal grandfather	146	.196*	.029	122	.074	−.131
Paternal grandmother	146	.184*	.092	122	−.009	−.094
Maternal grandfather	146	−.008	−.025	122	.029	−.085
Maternal grandmother	146	−.002	.036	122	−.027	.016

Abbreviations: PCS, Physical Component Summary; PDD, pervasive developmental disorder; MCS, Mental Component Summary.
^a Each Item is a four-point Likert scale (3 = yes, 2 = somewhat yes, 1 = relatively no, 0 = absolutely no). The total score ranges from 0 to 36.
^b Each Item is a five-point Likert scale (0 = strongly disagree, 1 = disagree, 2 = neutral, 3 = agree, 4 = strongly agree). The total score ranges from 0 to 48.
* p < .05; ** p < .01.

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