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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2010 Sep;46(5):1089–1102. doi: 10.1037/a0020678

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Predictor and Outcome Measures (n = 370) a

Measures M SD Range
2-year Measures
Baseline RSA 5.38 1.18 1.10 – 8.58
ΔRSA Child Tasks .53 .57 −1.19 – 2.55
ΔRSA Mother-Child Interaction tasks .83 .67 −1.08 – 3.03
Positive Parenting Behavior 6.25 1.37 2.50 – 8.00
Negative Parenting Behavior 3.40 .66 2.00 – 5.83

4-year Measures
Baseline RSA 5.86 1.16 1.05 – 10.00
ΔRSA Child Tasks .32 .48 −1.13 – 2.50
ΔRSA Mother-Child Interaction tasks .64 .63 −.89 – 3.16
Positive Parenting Behavior 5.60 1.27 2.17 – 8.00
Negative Parenting Behavior 3.25 .57 2.00 – 6.00
Negative Affectivity 4.26 .62 2.39 – 6.07
Surgency 4.97 .67 2.92 – 6.96

5-year Measures
Baseline RSA 6.03 1.09 2.77 – 9.42
ΔRSA Child Tasks .17 .52 −2.66 – 1.98
ΔRSA Mother-Child Interaction tasks .54 .60 −2.85 – 2.94
Positive Parenting Behavior 5.60 1.24 2.17 – 8.00
Negative Parenting Behavior 3.08 .58 2.00 – 5.17
Negative Affectivity 4.14 .66 2.32 – 6.09
Surgency 5.01 .63 3.05 – 6.92

7-year Measures
Negative Affectivity 4.02 .69 2.05 – 5.89
Surgency 4.76 .69 2.98 – 6.60
a

Descriptive statistics are based on the imputed data.