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Table 6 The association between a mother's stress/coping behaviors and her child's disease severity in the subsequent year, stratified by age

From: The parenting attitudes and the stress of mothers predict the asthmatic severity of their children: a prospective study

The SI scale

Age < 7 years*

(N = 121)

Age 7+ years*

(N = 102)

 

β

P

β

P

Low sense of control

.164

.05

-.039

.66

Object dependence of loss

.062

.46

.042

.64

Object dependence of happiness

.130

.12

-.136

.13

Object dependence of anger

.253

.002

.137

.13

Annoying barrier

.321

<.001

.027

.77

Object dependence of ambivalence

.140

.10

-.101

.26

Disclosure of negative experiences

-.174

.034

-.046

.61

Unfulfilled needs for acceptance

.225

.006

.043

.63

Altruism

.270

<.001

.079

.38

Egoism

-.088

.30

-.198

.027

Rationalizing conflicts/frustrations

.070

.40

-.009

.92

Lack of emotional experiences

-.027

.74

-.101

.27

  1. SI: Stress Inventory. β: standardized partial correlation coefficient. *Adjusted for serum Ig E at baseline and severity at baseline.