Fig. 3.

Means and standard errors in high, medium and low maternal care groups for scores on the (A) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI;²⁴ high n = 29, medium n = 19, low n = 15 maternal care groups), (B) trait scale of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI;²⁵ high n = 28, medium n = 16, low n = 14 maternal care groups) and (C) Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES;²⁶ high n = 29, medium n = 19, low n = 15 maternal care groups). **All p < 0.01. The low maternal care group exhibited higher depression and trait anxiety scores than both the medium and the high care groups. Also, the low maternal care group exhibited higher state anxiety and lower self-esteem scores than the high care group. There were no differences between low and medium maternal care groups for state anxiety, and between medium and high maternal care groups for any of the psychological variables.