| No. (Col. %) (Row. %) | Attitude | X2 | P value | FET | |
| Variable | Negative | Positive | |||
| Parent’s classification of child’s illness. |
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| Physical Only | 158 (99.3) (87.3) | 23 (82.1) (12.7) | 22.75 | 0.0000018 | 0.0002922 |
| Psychological | 1 (0.7) (16.7) | 5 (17.9) (83.3) | |||
| Gender of accompanying parent. |
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| Mother | 139 (87.4) (87.4) | 20 (71.4) (12.6) | 4.78 | 0.0287437 | 0.0419521 |
| Father | 20 (12.6) (71.4) | 8 (28.6) (28.6) | |||
| Family history of psychiatric illness |
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| None | 154 (96.8) (88.0) | 21 (75.0) (12.0) | 18.94 | 0.0000135 | 0.0197314 |
| Yes | 5 (3.2) (41.7) | 7 (25.0) (58.3) | |||