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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Attach Hum Dev. 2010 Jul;12(4):355–374. doi: 10.1080/14616730903416971

Table 1. Descriptive Statistics: Mean (SD) of Depressive Symptoms, Parenting Competency, and Social Support by Organized Attachment Category.

Full Sample
Breakdown by three-way attachment classification
N = 69 Dismissing
n = 28
Secure
n = 28
Preoccupied
n = 22
Time 1 Depressive Symptoms 19.29 (9.16) 18.95 (10.19) 20.57 (9.04) 17.76 (8.40)
Time 2 Depressive Symptoms 18.77 (11.24) 16.00 (9.61) 16.96 (9.58) 24.11 (13.42)
Time 1 Parenting competency 47.46 (7.20) 46.15 (8.54) 48.32 (6.85) 47.72 (6.15)
Time 2 Parenting competency 48.58 (5.95) 49.89 (6.20) 50.26 (5.48) 45.06 (4.92)
Time 1 Social Support Figures 2.66 (1.28) 2.53 (1.21) 2.55 (1.21) 2.97 (1.45)
Time 2 Social Support Figures 2.41 (1.16) 2.26 (.99) 2.60 (1.36) 2.29 (1.06)
Time 1 SS Satisfaction 5.57 (.80) 5.77 (.53) 5.33 (1.06) 5.71 (.45)
Time 2 SS Satisfaction 5.35 (1.11) 5.67 (.64) 5.39 (.79) 4.97 (1.67)