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Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2013 May;41(4):10.1007/s10802-012-9703-y. doi: 10.1007/s10802-012-9703-y

Table 2.

Effects of maternal depression history, child temperamental affectivity, and the interaction between maternal depression and child temperamental affectivity on children’s basal morning and evening cortisol levels

Variable	Morning cortisol		Evening cortisol
	b (SE)	β	b (SE)	β
Time of waking	−0.10 (0.02)	−0.28^***	–	–
Age	0.06 (0.04)	0.10	−0.03 (0.07)	−0.04
Gender	0.01 (0.04)	0.02	−0.06 (0.06)	−0.08
Hours of sleep	−0.02 (0.02)	−0.05	−0.01 (0.04)	−0.01
Child anxious and depressive symptoms (age 6)	−0.01 (0.01)	−0.03	−0.01 (0.01)	−0.01
Maternal lifetime depression	−0.04 (0.05)	−0.06	−0.11 (0.08)	−0.11
Maternal lifetime anxiety disorder	0.09 (0.04)	0.16^**	0.06 (0.07)	0.07
Child PA	0.09 (0.09)	0.07	−0.05 (0.15)	−0.03
Child NA	0.08 (0.08)	0.08	0.31 (0.13)	0.19^**
Maternal MDD × Child PA	−0.46 (0.22)	−0.15^**	−0.64 (0.36)	−0.15^*
Maternal MDD × Child NA	−0.17 (0.18)	−0.07	0.22 (0.29)	0.06

N=227; PA positive affectivity; NA negative affectivity; MDD major depressive disorder. Results were similar when all covariates were excluded from analyses.

p<0.10;

^**

p<0.05;

^***

p<0.001