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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 2011 Mar;33(1):19–30. doi: 10.1007/s10862-010-9195-4

Table 5.

Group differences at 36-months on multiple indices of temperament at 3- and 6-months

Instrument/Task Scale/Epoch Groups
Pairwise comparisons
All M (SD) ODD+CU (N=7) M ODD-only (N=12) M Non-ODD (N=18) M ODD+CU/ODD-only Cohen d ODD+CU/Non-ODD Cohen d ODD-only/Non-ODD Cohen d
IBQ Falling react 5.0 (0.9) 5.1 4.7 5.2 0.42 −0.12 −0.54
Fear 2.3 (1.0) 2.2 2.7 2.0 −0.44 0.16 0.62
Soothability 5.0 (0.5) 4.8 4.9 5.3 −0.26 −1.00 −0.74
FFSFP positive affect1 Normal play 0.19 (0.15) 0.26 0.17 0.17 0.54 0.54 0.00
Still face 0.05 (0.05) 0.06 0.04 0.05 0.40 0.14 −0.26
Reunion 0.17 (0.17) 0.28 0.10 0.18 1.08 0.58 −0.48
Reactivity −0.14 (0.14) −0.19 −0.13 −0.12 −0.42 −0.52 −0.10
Recovery 0.12 (0.16) 0.22 0.06 0.13 1.04 0.58 −0.46
FFSFP negative affect1 Normal play 0.03 (0.04) 0.03 0.04 0.02 −0.32 0.10 0.42
Still face 0.18 (0.24) 0.09 0.18 0.22 −0.38 −0.52 −0.16
Reunion 0.24 (0.29) 0.13 0.31 0.22 −0.62 −0.30 0.32
Reactivity 0.15 (0.24) 0.07 0.14 0.20 −0.32 −0.56 −0.24
Recovery 0.06 (0.23) 0.04 0.13 0.01 −0.38 0.12 0.50
FFSFP HP Normal play 422.6 (42) 412.0 429.2 423.6 −0.42 −0.28 0.14
Still face 413.7 (55) 404.5 409.2 420.7 −0.08 −0.30 −0.20
Reunion 414.8 (40) 402.7 425.9 413.7 −0.58 −0.28 0.30
Reactivity −8.9 (24) −7.6 −19.9 −2.9 0.52 −0.20 −0.72
Recovery −1.0 (25) −1.8 8.8 −6.5 −0.42 0.18 0.62
+

p<.10,

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001;

IBQ = Infant Behavior Questionnaire; FFSFP = Face-to-Face Still Face Procedure; Reactivity = Difference from normal talk to still face period (still face—talk); Regulation = Difference fromstill face to reunion period (reunion—still face).

1

Affect coding from FFSFP was only available at the 6-month visit (non-ODD N=12; ODD-only N=12; ODD+CU N=6)