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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2010 Jan-Feb;81(1):270–289. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01394.x

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Stress Reactivity and Adversity Variables

Variable Scale Min Max M SD
RSA
 Social control 3.29 9.65 6.81 1.12
 Social challenge 3.47 10.26 6.56 1.10
 Cognitive control 2.62 9.69 6.12 1.20
 Cognitive challenge 3.35 9.82 6.72 1.10
 Sensory control 2.77 9.91 6.98 1.13
 Sensory challenge 3.04 10.90 6.66 1.20
 Emotional control 2.74 10.15 7.03 1.12
 Emotional challenge 2.48 10.17 7.13 1.10

Cortisol
 Pre-protocol 0.10 24.40 5.10 3.51
 Post-protocol 0.10 30.50 4.70 3.93

Adversity
 Financial Stress 1–5 1.00 5.00 2.42 0.93
 Parenting Overload 1–5 1.20 5.00 3.12 0.68
 Marital Conflict 1–5 1.00 3.10 1.74 0.38
 Family Expressiveness 1–9 1.20 7.20 4.03 0.99
 Anger Expression 0–10 0.25 6.13 2.42 0.84
 Harsh/Restrictive Parenting 1–7 1.76 6.56 3.66 0.75