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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Dev. 2009 Sep 1;33(5):470–478. doi: 10.1177/0165025409342634

Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Internal Consistencies of Scales and Factors on NRI-BSV and NRI-SPV

Mother
N = 199
Father
N = 192
S Friend
N = 198
O Friend
N = 174
Romantic
N = 119

M SD α M SD α M SD α M SD α M SD α
SCALE
Seek Safe Haven 3.19a 1.27 .92 2.40c 1.23 .91 3.25a 1.28 .91 2.89b 1.15 .88 2.85b 1.28 .91
Seek Secure Base 3.88a .94 .79 3.44b 1.14 .84 3.43b 1.06 .80 3.15c 1.06 .81 3.01c 1.06 .83
Provide Safe Haven 2.62b 1.11 .89 1.90c .92 .86 3.12a 1.24 .92 2.65b 1.07 .86 2.80b 1.19 .92
Provide SecureBase 3.21b 1.08 .81 2.82c 1.15 .82 3.53a 1.03 .79 3.33b 1.02 .72 3.30b 1.08 .84
Companionship 2.86c 1.11 .88 2.45d 1.07 .86 3.68a 1.06 .87 3.03bc 1.06 .84 3.17b 1.23 .90
Conflict 2.30a .98 .89 2.24a 1.00 .88 1.62c .70 .79 1.46d .56 .76 1.83b .78 .78
Criticism 1.99a .90 .82 1.97a 1.00 .86 1.74b .81 .79 1.53d .64 .71 1.64c .75 .76
Antagonism 2.55a .99 .82 2.36b .92 .75 1.85c .84 .79 1.60d .67 .74 1.96e .80 .75

FACTORS
Support 3.16b .95 .94 2.60c .97 .95 3.40a 1.00 .95 3.02b .96 .95 3.04b 1.04 .96
Negative Interact. 2.28a .90 .93 2.17a .86 .93 1.75b .72 .90 1.53c .58 .89 1.81b .70 .90

NRI-SPV SCALES
Intimacy 2.84c 1.22 .88 2.06d 1.09 .88 3.64a 1.16 .85 3.10b 1.15 .86 3.17b 1.20 .86
Affection 4.40a .81 .89 3.95b 1.08 .90 3.56c .99 .82 3.38d .93 .81 3.39cd 1.14 .91
Instrumental Help 3.50a 1.13 .86 2.98c 1.23 .88 3.22b 1.07 .83 2.83c 1.04 .78 2.74c 1.09 .85

Note. S friend= same-sex friend; O friend = other-sex friend. Relationships with different subscripts differ significantly, p < .05.