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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2007 Jun 28;76(1-2):61–71. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.06.002

Table 4.

Self, Partner Temperament × Attachment Predicting Cortisol Trajectories

Cortisol Parameter T3 Level T3 Slope Quadratic
Coeff SE p Coeff SE p Coeff SE p
Female Partner
Intercept −1.658 .05 <.001 −.124 .02 <.001 −.187 .03 <.001
 Blood .418 .12 .001
 Antibiotic .391 .18 .03 −.314 .13 .01
 Birth Control .122 .07 .08
Male Avoidance −.007 .05 .90 −.004 .03 .89 .024 .04 .52
Female Avoidance .046 .05 .40 −.042 .03 .11 −.040 .04 .29
Male Anxiety −.007 .04 .87 .021 .02 .34 .040 .03 .19
Female Anxiety .125 .04 .008 .029 .02 .19 −.029 .03 .34
Male Emotionality .024 .02 .35 .011 .01 .38 .001 .02 .94
Female Emotionality −.019 .02 .38 .001 .010 .90 −.002 .01 .89
M Emotionality × Avoidance −.104 .03 .003 −.017 .02 .32 .077 .02 .001
F Emotionality × Avoidance −.018 .02 .44 .009 .01 .45 −.003 .02 .86
M Emotionality × Anxiety −.014 .02 .48 −.015 .01 .11 −.012 .01 .36
F Emotionality × Anxiety .015 .02 .42 .017 .01 .06 −.016 .01 .20
Male Partner
Intercept −1.64 .05 <.001 −.277 .03 <.001 −.255 .04 <.001
 Blood .422 .14 .004
 Time Asleep .062 .02 .01
 Allergy Medication .315 .12 .01
Male Avoidance .047 .06 .40 .008 .03 .79 −.052 .04 .24
Female Avoidance .050 .06 .37 −.017 .03 .59 −.0004 .04 .99
Male Anxiety .131 .04 .005 .055 .02 .03 −.110 .04 .003
Female Anxiety .001 .046 .98 −.021 .03 .43 .070 .04 .06
Male Emotionality .002 .03 .94 −.036 .01 .02 .046 .02 .03
Female Emotionality .005 .02 .82 .030 .01 .01 −.024 .02 .16
M Emotionality × Avoidance −.084 .03 .01 −.008 .02 .68 .041 .03 .13
F Emotionality × Avoidance .006 .02 .80 −.001 .01 .97 .002 .02 .92
M Emotionality × Anxiety .002 .02 .92 −.014 .01 .20 .014 .02 .36
F Emotionality × Anxiety −.011 .02 .56 .002 .01 .86 .027 .02 .07