. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.

Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2009 Mar 29;32(3):336–339. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.02.005

Table 1.

Group differences on emotional reactivity and emotion regulation behaviors

Variables	ELGA sample (N = 34)		VLGA sample (N = 17)		Significance
Variables	M	S.D.	M	S.D.	Significance
Slope	−0.004	0.0057	−0.001	0.002	t(44.9) = −3.10, p < .01
Gaze avoidance	0.741	0.189	0.844	0.126	t(39.1) = −2.24, p < .05
Gestures	0.062	0.121	0.013	0.026	t(39.4) = 2.25, p < .05
Self-comforting	0.216	0.278	0.099	0.111	t(46.8) = 2.12, p < .05

Note. ELGA: extremely low gestational age; VLGA: very low gestational age.