Early Life Stress and Child Temperament Style as Predictors of Childhood Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms: Findings from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of participants (𝑁=3824).

Characteristic	Total	No anxiety and depressive symptoms	Anxiety and depressive symptoms	P value
	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)
Total	3824	3444	380
Child at time 1
Age (months), M (SD)	8.77 (2.5)	8.75 (2.5)	8.91 (2.6)	0.29
Male	1972 (51.6)	1798 (51.9)	183 (48.2)	0.16
Maternal at time 1
Age (years), M (SD)	31.5 (5.2)	31.6 (5.2)	30.6 (5.1)	<0.01
Born in Australia/New Zealand	3200 (83.7)	2889 (83.9)	311 (81.8)	0.31
Married	2962 (77.5)	2687 (78.0)	275 (72.4)	0.01
Did not complete yr 12 high school	507 (13.3)	449 (13.0)	58 (15.3)	0.39
Disadvantage index (SEIFA), M (SD)	1011 (59.9)	1011 (59.4)	1007 (64.1)	0.19