Table 4.
Multiple ANCOVA Comparisons Among Disorganized/Controlling Subtypes and Between Disorganized/Controlling Subtypes and Secure and Insecure-Organized Groups
| Controlling- Caregiving (CG, n = 43) |
Controlling- Punitive (Pn, n =26) |
Controlling- Mixed (Mx, n =33) |
Behaviorally Disorganized (BD, n = 85) |
Overall F-testb |
Significant paired comparisons |
ηc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal well-being | M (sd) | M (sd) | M (sd) | M (sd) | |||
| Romantic rel. quality |
3.79a (.77) |
3.86 (.90) |
3.70 (.92) |
3.37 (1.02) |
2.99* [3.08] ** |
CG>BD, Pn>BD, [S>BD, I>BD] |
.22 [.10] |
| Depression | 8.40 (6.89) |
9.73 (6.29) |
9.24 (8.95) |
12.05 (9.53) |
2.12 [2.89]* |
[S<BD, I<BD] | .17 [.10] |
| Parenting stress | 34.11 (5.75) |
35.13 (7.28) |
33.36 (7.28) |
35.07 (5.89) |
.72 [1.21] |
.10 [.10] |
|
| Mother-child interactions | |||||||
| Maternal hostility | 1.64a (1.30) |
1.73 (.15) |
1.40 (.69) |
1.78 (1.34) |
.90 [7.04]*** |
[S<CG, S<Pn, S<BD, I<Pn, I<BD] |
.10 [.17] |
| Maternal respect for autonomy |
5.24 (1.41) |
4.54 (1.30) |
5.07 (1.18) |
4.77 (1.27) |
2.32 [8.66]*** |
[S>Pn, S>BD, I>Pn, I>BD] |
.20 [.20] |
| Maternal support | 5.09 (1.70) |
4.64 (1.38) |
5.42 (1.04) |
4.59 (1.45) |
3.22* [9.36]*** |
Mx>Pn, Mx>BD, [S>Pn S>BD, I>BD] |
.22 [.20] |
| Mother-child cooperation |
3.60 (1.19) |
3.44 (1.23) |
3.48 (1.20) |
3.38 (1.17) |
.38 [11.17]*** |
[S>CG, S>Pn, S>Mx, S>BD, I>BD] |
.10 [.22] |
| Child affection | 4.94 (1.39) |
4.27 (1.00) |
5.15 (1.01) |
4.17 (1.31) |
6.98** [9.07]*** |
CG>Pn, CG>BD, Mx>Pn, Mx>BD, [S>Pn, S>BD, Mx>I, I>BD] |
.22 [.20] |
| Child social adaptation | |||||||
| Compliance | 23.07a (3.55) |
21.19 (2.84) |
22.64 (4.22) |
22.67 (3.43) |
1.63 [4.46]*** |
[S>Pn, S>BD, I>Pn] |
.17 [.14] |
| Disruptive behavior |
10.19 (1.76) |
11.46 (1.75) |
11.33 (1.96) |
10.60 (1.95) |
3.72* [2.30]* |
Pn>CG, Mx>CG, Pn>BD, [S<Pn, S<Mx, I<Pn, I<Mx] |
.24 [.10] |
| Iinternalizing (mother 36) |
51.28 (10.27) |
54.50 (7.67) |
52.65 (7.38) |
53.20 (8.65) |
1.20 [4.93]*** |
[S<Pn, S<BD] | .14 [.14] |
| Externalizing (mother 36) |
51.17 (11.28) |
54.15 (9.21) |
51.76 (9.63) |
53.06 (8.41) |
.89 [3.17]** |
[S<Pn, S<BD] | .10 [.10] |
| Internalizing (mother 54) |
47.94 (8.49) |
48.54 (10.23) |
47.17 (9.18) |
49.55 (8.79) |
.57 [2.88]** |
[S<BD] | .10 [.10] |
| Externalizing (mother 54) |
52.72 (8.15) |
52.23 (7.69) |
53.69 (9.10) |
53.14 (9.18) |
.93 [1.18] |
.10 [.10] |
|
| Internalizing (teacher 54) |
51.60 (9.44) |
52.54 (8.83) |
53.09 (8.88) |
53.19 (6.72) |
1.21 [5.48]*** |
[S<BD] | .13 [.14] |
| Externalizing (teacher 54) |
51.16 (9.85) |
52.16 (8.54) |
53.09 (8.58) |
53.19 (9.66) |
.57 [5.10]*** |
[S<Pn, S<BD, I<BD] |
.10 [.14] |
| Peer intact. (54 mos) |
−.09 (1.69) |
−.24 (1.75) |
.78 (2.04) |
−.45 (1.29) |
4.70* [3.33]*** |
Mx>CG, Mx>Pn, Mx>BD, [S<Mx, S>BD, I<Mx] |
.26 [.10] |
| Teacher-child relat. (54 mos.) |
116.03 (7.14) |
116.51 (8.43) |
112.19 (8.13) |
111.08 (10.57) |
2.59* [4.43]*** |
CG>BD, [S>Mx, S>BD, I>BD] |
.20 [.14] |
a
Cell means and (standard deviations) are presented.
b
F-tests for comparisons among the four disorganized/controlling subtypes presented first; F-tests for all six comparisons, including secure and insecure-organized groups, in brackets.
c
Effect size estimates for the four subtype comparisons presented first; effect size estimates for the six-group comparisons in brackets.
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p <0.001