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Published in final edited form as: Pers Individ Dif. 2010 Apr;48(5):547–551. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.12.003

Table 3. Pairwise comparisons of the high BI, low PA, and comparison groups on variables from external measures of temperament.

	BI	Low PA	Control	F
CBQ Fear M(SD)	4.29(.87)^a	3.85(1.07)^b	3.93(.90)^b	5.57^**
CRS Positive – teacher M(SD)	27.62(6.36)^a	23.13(6.80)^b	24.77(7.81)^ab	3.95^*
CRS Negative – teacher M(SD)	20.30(5.77)^a	15.95(5.00)^b	16.64(6.27)^b	6.28^**

Note. Superscripts indicate differences at p ≤ .05.

^**

p ≤ .01.

p ≤ .05.

BI = behavioral inhibition; PA = positive affectivity. CBQ = Children's Behavior Questionnaire (Rothbart, Ahadi, Hersey, & Fisher, 2001); CRS = Children's Reactions Scale (Eisenberg et al., 1996). CBQ Fear df = (2, 270); CRS Positive – teacher df = (2, 112); CRS Negative - teacher df = (2, 111).