Table VIII.
Correlations between sibling scale scores by attachment concordance.
| Discordant | Concordant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | r | n | r | |
| Scales for experience | ||||
| Loving-M | 73 | −.33* | 52 | .45*** |
| Loving-F | 72 | −.08 | 51 | .46*** |
| Rejection-M | 66 | −.02 | 52 | .45*** |
| Rejection-F | 64 | −.03 | 50 | .34*** |
| Involving/reversing-M | 64 | .17 | 51 | .09 |
| Involving/reversing-F | 71 | −.12 | 52 | .06 |
| Pressure to achieve-M | 69 | .01 | 50 | .23* |
| Pressure to achieve-F | 68 | .38** | 51 | .27* |
| Neglect-M | 66 | .15 | 50 | .34** |
| Neglect-F | 63 | .13 | 50 | .15 |
| Scales for states of mind | ||||
| Idealizing-M | 72 | −.74*** | 53 | .65*** |
| Idealizing-F | 71 | −.60*** | 53 | .65*** |
| Involving anger-M | 73 | −.07 | 53 | .29** |
| Involving anger-F | 72 | −.09 | 52 | .16 |
| Derogation-M | 72 | −.10 | 53 | .06 |
| Derogation-F | 71 | −.06 | 52 | .20 |
| Scales for overall states of mind | ||||
| Overall derogation | 72 | −.08 | 53 | .31** |
| Insistence on lack of recall | 73 | −.31* | 53 | .05 |
| Metacognitive processes | 73 | −.09 | 53 | .16 |
| Passivity of thought processes | 73 | .05 | 53 | .05 |
| Fear of loss | 50 | .22 | 40 | .01 |
| Highest score for unresolved loss | 63 | .46** | 44 | .23 |
| Coherency of transcript | 73 | −.74*** | 53 | .76*** |
| Coherence of mind | 73 | −.75*** | 53 | .76*** |
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.