Table VII.

Means and standard deviations for sibling differences on scale scores by attachment concordance.

	Discordant			Concordant
	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	t	p
Scales for experience
Loving-M	73	2.43	1.65	52	1.54	1.42	3.20	<.01
Loving-F	72	2.16	1.49	51	1.42	1.28	2.96	<.01
Rejection-M	66	2.25	1.58	52	1.52	1.54	2.51	.01
Rejection-F	64	2.59	1.66	50	1.76	1.49	2.81	.01
Involving/reversing-M	64	.95	1.42	51	1.24	1.39	−1.08	.28
Involving/reversing-F	71	.54	1.00	52	.62	1.22	−0.38	.70
Pressure to achieve-M	69	.68	1.31	50	.77	1.34	−0.37	.71
Pressure to achieve-F	68	.65	1.15	51	.67	1.15	−0.10	.92
Neglect-M	66	.91	1.31	50	.85	1.31	0.23	.82
Neglect-F	63	2.01	1.91	50	1.65	2.00	0.94	.35
Scales for states of mind
Idealizing-M	72	3.68	1.66	53	1.25	1.18	9.57	<.001
Idealizing-F	71	3.16	1.89	53	1.63	1.36	5.24	<.001
Involving anger-M	73	.48	1.15	53	.34	.85	0.03	.98
Involving anger-F	72	.67	1.27	52	.66	1.19	0.79	.43
Derogation-M	72	.41	.88	53	.34	.95	0.41	.68
Derogation-F	71	.28	.78	52	.12	.44	1.40	.17
Scales for overall states of mind
Overall derogation	72	.64	1.03	53	.50	1.41	0.58	.56
Insistence on lack of recall	73	2.47	1.67	53	1.64	1.73	2.67	.01
Metacognitive processes	73	.46	.69	53	.28	.57	1.60	.11
Passivity of thought processes	73	1.20	.94	53	1.44	1.24	−1.19	.24
Fear of loss	50	.49	.80	40	.28	.55	1.46	.15
Highest score for unresolved loss	63	1.40	1.46	44	1.94	1.52	−1.85	.07
Coherency of transcript	73	3.01	1.18	53	.93	.80	11.51	<.001
Coherence of mind	73	2.97	1.24	53	.89	.81	11.84	<.001

Note: Too few cases (n = 6; 3 from discordant sibling pair group and 3 from concordant sibling pair group) for meaningful comparison of highest scores on unresolved trauma. M = mother. F = father.