Table 1 Sample characteristics
From: A school based study of psychological disturbance in children following the Omagh bomb
Characteristic | Mean | SD | Proportion |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (Mean) | 11.4 | 1.44 | |
IES (Mean) | 15.65 | 9.73 | |
BDS (Mean) | 8.67 | 5.22 | |
SCAS (Mean) | 27.42 | 17.26 | |
Gender | |||
Male | 48.7 | ||
Female | 51.3 | ||
Previous psychological treatment (yes) | 2.9 | ||
Physically injured (yes) | 1.2 | ||
Perceived life threat (yes) | 1.5 | ||
Witnessed serious injury (yes) | 11.1 | ||
Witness people dying (yes) | 7.6 | ||
Witnessed people dead (yes) | 5.6 | ||
Post-event support (yes) | 2.3 | ||
Family structure | |||
Living with both parents | 85.3 | ||
Living with single parent | 10.8 | ||
Reconstituted family | 3.1 | ||
In state or foster care | 0.7 | ||
Parental employment | |||
Both parents employed | 75.1 | ||
Mother employed - father unemployed | 1.5 | ||
Father employed - mother unemployed | 17.7 | ||
Both parents not employed | 5.8 |