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Table 2 Correlation of reported frequency of CPM (in past 3 months) in the studied subjects with parent’s age, age and number of children, COVID 19 and the DASS-21 data

From: Parents’ self-reporting of Child Physical Maltreatment (CPM) in a low-middle-income country

 

Minor CPM frequency

Severe CPM frequency

Age of parent

r

-0.127

-0.002

P-value

0.011*

0.976

Age of youngest child

r

-0.217

-0.107

P-value

 < 0.001**

0.032*

Number of children

r

0.066

0.188

P-value

0.186

 < 0.001**

COVID-19 worry scale (0–10), where 0 is the worst

r

0.000

0.026

P-value

0.998

0.601

Social isolation (1–10), 10 worst

r

-0.024

0.052

P-value

0.637

0.300

Online education (0–10), where 0 is the worst

r

-0.044

-0.135

P-value

0.385

0.007**

Minor CPM definition

r

-0.146

-0.037

P-value

0.003**

0.459

Severe CPM definition

r

-0.075

-0.062

P-value

0.136

0.211

Stress score

r

0.185

0.093

P-value

 < 0.001**

0.061

Anxiety score

r

0.207

0.154

P-value

 < 0.001**

0.002**

Depression score

r

0.173

0.060

P-value

 < 0.001**

0.228

  1. * = statistically significant < 0.05, ** = highly statistically significant < 0.01