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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Nonverbal Behav. 2009 Jun 1;33(2):121–140. doi: 10.1007/s10919-008-0066-6

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Variables by Parent Sex

Variable	All Parents	Mothers	Fathers	Independent t-test for parent sex differences
Variable	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	Independent t-test for parent sex differences
Parent belief that emotions are dangerous	2.59 (.85)	2.52 (.84)	2.77 (.88)	−.84
Parent belief that parental guidance is important	4.77 (.48)	4.77 (.47)	4.78 (.51)	−.09
Parent rating of emotional intensity	3.19 (.81)	3.14 (.78)	3.47 (.77)	1.17
Parent rating of masking	1.81 (.76)	1.62 (.72)	2.25 (.69)	−2.46^*
Observers’ match with parent (parent expressive clarity)	.63 (.44)	.73 (.42)	.38 (.38)	2.35^*
Child DANVA2 accuracy score (general emotion recognition skill)	18.24 (2.67)	18.46 (2.63)	17.71 (2.81)	.82
Child match with parent (relationship-specific emotion recognition)	.54 (.36)	.66 (.32)	.18 (.21)	4.22^***

^*

Note. p < .05

^***

p < .001