Parenting preschoolers with autism: Socioeconomic influences on wellbeing and sense of competence

Table 4 Comparison of our data with normative data

	Mothers	Fathers
PSOC satisfaction1	t(864) = 2.160, P = 0.031a	t(351) = -1.572, P = 0.117
PSOC efficacy1	t(864) = 13.065, P < 0.001d	t(351) = 3.788, P < 0.001d
PSOC interest1	t(125.573) = -2.036, P = 0.044a	t(61.599) = -2.972, P = 0.004b
DASS depression2	t(597) = 2.399, P = 0.017a	t(549) = 2.158, P = 0.031a
DASS anxiety2	t(596) = 3.318, P = 0.001b	t(548) = 1.760, P = 0.079
DASS stress2	t(596) = 2.090, P = 0.004b	t(548) = 1.703, P = 0.089

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^dP < 0.001.

¹Compared with normative data presented in Rogers and Matthews[17].

²Compared with normative data presented in Crawford et al[78].

PSOC: Parenting Sense of Competence; DASS: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale.