Table 2.
Comparison of 4 months and 9 months Still Face Paradigm affect and maternal interaction scores
4 months Mean (SD) | 9 months Mean (SD) | t test | Correlations between 4 & 9 months | |
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Play/Baseline Episode-Maternal Attention Seeking | .81 (.21) | .67 (.30) | t=2.106 p=.046 | R=0.180 p=.389 |
Play/Baseline Episode-Maternal Contingent Responding | .15 (.20) | .31 (.31) | t=−2.373 p=.026 | R=0.275 p=.183 |
Play/Baseline Episode-Percent Positive Affect | .15 (.20) | .26 (.27) | t=−1.862 p=.075 | R=0.243 p=.241 |
Reunion/Play Episode-Maternal Attention Seeking | .69 (.26) | .61 (.31) | t=1.107 p=.279 | R=0.192 p=.359 |
Reunion/Play Episode-Maternal Contingent Responding | .26 (.26) | .35 (.31) | t=−1.302 p=.205 | R=0.198 p=.343 |
Reunion/Play Episode-Percent Positive Affect | .18 (.23) | .25 (.27) | t=−1.862 p=.075 | R=0.356 p=.081 |
Stress Response | −.56 (.48) | −.89 (.75) | t=1.989 p=.058 | R=0.137 p=.514 |
N= 25 children per group