Figure 2.
Urinary cortisol levels during social separation challenges at 6, 12, and 18 months of age for offspring receiving high (●) and low (○) rates of infant rejections (IR) from their mothers. Offspring from high-IR mothers had higher urinary cortisol levels across the duration o social separation compared to offspring from low-IR mothers. 1Significant main effect of group; 2Significant group by time interaction. *p<.05; + p<.10.