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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychobiol. 2011 Oct 17;54(5):536–545. doi: 10.1002/dev.20612

Table 4.

Summary of Regression Analysis Predicting Task Fear from Infant Frontal EEG Asymmetry and Maternal Rating of Fear

Mask Presentation (n=45) b SE b β t p sR2
Step 1
 Baseline Asymmetry −1.13 .28 −.53 −4.06 <.001 .28
Step 2
 Baseline Asymmetry −.72 .32 −.34 −2.29 .03 .08
 Task Asymmetry −.56 .23 −.35 −2.39 .02 .09
Step 3
 Baseline Asymmetry −.50 .32 −.23 −1.57 .12 .03
 Task Asymmetry −.56 .23 −.35 −2.49 .02 .09
 IBQ Fear −.14 .06 −.27 −2.16 .04 .06
Toy Spider (n=43) b SE b β t p sR2
Step 1
 Baseline Asymmetry −.06 .33 −.03 −.17 .87 .001
Step 2
 Baseline Asymmetry .43 .40 .21 1.07 .29 .03
 Task Asymmetry −.66 .34 −.37 −1.95 .06 .09
Step 3
 Baseline Asymmetry .46 .44 .21 1.02 .32 .02
 Task Asymmetry −.66 .34 −.38 −1.92 .06 .09
 IBQ Fear −.01 .08 −.02 −.095 .93 .002
Stranger Approach (n=42) b SE b β t p sR2
Step 1
 Baseline Asymmetry .03 .32 .02 .10 .92 .002
Step 2
 Baseline Asymmetry .23 .32 .11 .70 .49 .01
 Task Asymmetry −.38 .19 −.33 −2.04 .05 .10
Step 3
 Baseline Asymmetry .10 .37 .05 .27 .79 .002
 Task Asymmetry −.36 .19 −.31 −1.87 .07 .08
 IBQ Fear .06 .08 .14 .78 .44 .01

Note. Step 1 R2 = .28, p<.001; Step 2 ΔR2 = .09, p= .02; Step 3 ΔR2 = .06, p= .04

Note. Step 1 R2 = .001, p=.87; Step 2 ΔR2 = .09, p=.06; Step 3 ΔR2 = .000, p=.93

Note. Step 1 R2 < .001, p=.92; Step 2 ΔR2 = .10, p=.05; Step 3 ΔR2 = .02, p=.44