Table 1.
Participant characteristics and comparisons of the four groups (N = 93).
| MC | Regulation condition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG | RG | |||||
| High | Low | High | Low | pb | ||
| n | 31 | 17 | 29 | 16 | ||
| PBI maternal care | 32.94(2.46) | 22.71(4.27) | 32.62(2.69) | 18.69(5.56) | < .001 | |
| age (yr) | 20.77(2.50) | 20.82(2.48) | 20.69(2.35) | 23.13(3.59) | .019 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.01(1.75) | 21.64(2.97) | 20.77(2.51) | 22.36(2.72) | .163 | |
|
hormonal statusa (FP/LP/OC/UP) |
11/7/7/6 | 4/7/5/1 | 3/9/11/6 | 3/4/5/4 | .448 | |
| BDI-II | 5.42(4.84) | 9.71(5.31) | 5.28(4.60) | 8.94(5.20) | .004 | |
| RSES | 23.26(4.96) | 20.82(5.98) | 23.86(4.22) | 19.31(5.79) | .017 | |
|
ERQ reappraisal suppression |
5.18(0.65) 3.17(1.10) |
4.99(1.06) 3.09(1.23) |
5.11(0.93) 2.85(0.90) |
4.96(0.87) 3.78(1.44) |
.818 .080 |
|
Mean values (± standard deviations) or absolute frequencies of participant characteristics. Significant differences are depicted in bold. Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc t-tests are reported together with sample characteristics in the text. CG = control group, RG = reappraisal group, MC = maternal care, BMI = body mass index, FP = follicular phase, LP = luteal phase, UP = unclear phase, OC = use of oral contraceptives, PBI = Parental Bonding Instrument, BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory, RSES = Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, ERQ = Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.
aAt day of testing.
bp-values result from one-way ANOVA (for age, BMI, PBI, BDI, ERQ, RSES) and Fisher’s exact test (hormonal status).