Table 7.

Correlations between pre-treatment plasma oxytocin level in children with SAD and pre-treatment total RCADS-CV, SAAS-CF score, and total ECR-RC total score

SAD pre-treatment	Pre-treatment plasma oxytocin levels
RCADS-CV total score
r	0.158
p a	0.405
SAAS-CF total score
r	0.098
p a	0.605
ECR-RC total score
r	−0.372
p a	0.043*

SAD, separation anxiety disorder; RCADS-CV, Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale-Child Version; SAAS-CF, Separation Anxiety Assessment Scale-Children’s Forms; ECR-RC (attachment), Inventory of Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised for children and adolescents-Middle Childhood Scale; r, correlation coefficient.

^aSpearman correlation analysis pvalue.

*p < 0.05.