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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infancy. 2012 Dec 1;18(5):10.1111/infa.12003. doi: 10.1111/infa.12003

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Negative Affect and Strategy Variables

Mother-Infant Father-Infant Social Partner Effect Social Partner X Order Effect Between Partner

First SFP M(SD) Second SFP M(SD) First SFP M(SD) Second SFP M(SD) F(df) ηp2 F (df) ηp2 r
3 months
Negative Affect .06 (.21) .22 (.37) .12 (.27) .26 (.48) 1.68 (1, 115) .01 12.26 (1, 115)** .10 .06
Look at Parent .51 (.27) .38 (.25) .53 (.25) .41 (.25) .61 (1, 115) .01 21.45 (1, 115)*** .16 .20*
Distraction .45 (.28) .57 (.27) .44 (.26) .44 (.26) .44 (1, 115) .00 14.43 (1, 115)*** .11 .22*
High Intensity Motor .04 (.05) .11 (.10) .04 (.05) .12 (.10) .52 (1, 115) .00 64.85 (1, 115)*** .36 −.07
Self-Soothing .25 (.27) .22 (.23) .24 (.24) .25 (.26) .14 (1, 115) .00 .14 (1, 115) .00 .39***
5 months
Negative Affect .06 (.17) .31 (.44) .06 (.19) .20 (.50) 1.89 (1, 118) .02 23.16 (1, 118)*** .16 .18*
Look at Parent .25 (.22) .22 (.17) .22 (.18) .24 (.21) .08 (1, 118) .00 1.01 (1, 118) .01 .26**
Distraction .75 (.22) .75 (.20) .76 (.21) .75 (.20) .07 (1, 118) .00 .11 (1, 118) .00 .23*
High Intensity Motor .14 (.15) .17 (.13) .10 (.14) .17 (.14) 2.57 (1, 118) .02 16.64 (1, 118)*** .12 .48***
Self-Soothing .22 (.27) .19 (.17) .21 (.25) .19 (.23) .00 (1, 118) .00 .86 (1, 118) .01 .26**
7 months
Negative Affect .03 (.08) .24 (.37) .05 (.15) .19 (.33) .24 (1, 114) .00 28.44 (1, 114)*** .20 .01
Look at Parent .20 (.18) .25 (.15) .23 (.18) .20 (.16) .11 (1, 114) .00 .14 (1, 114) .00 .16
Distraction .80 (.18) .74 (.16) .77 (.18) .78 (.18) .01 (1, 114) .00 .80 (1, 114) .01 .17
High Intensity Motor .19 (.16) .21 (.14) .17 (.14) .18 (.15) 3.43 (1, 114) .03 1.18 (1, 114) .01 .50***
Self-Soothing .15 (.24) .13 (.18) .08 (.16) .17 (.20) .39 (1, 114) .00 2.27 (1, 114) .02 .22*

Note:

***

p < .001;

**

p < .01;

*

p < .05.