Parental Catastrophizing Partially Mediates the Association between Parent-Reported Child Pain Behavior and Parental Protective Responses

Table 1

Sample characteristics (𝑛=184 dyads).

Characteristic	Parent	Child
Age, M (SD)	44.37 (6.85)	13.72 (2.72)
Age, range	27–67	8–18
Gender, 𝑛 (%) female	166 (90.2)	87 (47.3)
Ethnicity, 𝑛 (%) Hispanic	3 (1.6)	8 (4.3)
Race, 𝑛 (%) Caucasian	171 (92.9)	162 (88.0)
Education, 𝑛 (%) 4-year college degree or higher	90 (48.9)	—
Employment status, 𝑛 (%) employed full-time	81 (44.0)	—
Marital status, 𝑛 (%) married	145 (78.8)	—
Disease, 𝑛 (%)
Crohn’s Disease	—	126 (68.5)
Ulcerative colitis	—	58 (31.5)
Time since diagnosis in years, M (SD)	—	2.30 (2.41)