Table 2. Conditional likelihood estimates of the children’s ANS trajectories from 6 months to 5 years of age by prenatal socioeconomic and social support adversity.
| Independent Variable:Prenatal Adversity | Dependent Variable:ANS Trajectory Conditional Likelihood Slope (beta coefficient (SE)) | ||
| Social Support | HR Reactivity (n = 211) | RSA Reactivity(n = 211) | PEP Reactivity (n = 202) |
| One vs. No adversity | −0.69 (0.28)a | −0.00 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.16) |
| Two vs. No adversity | −0.58 (0.40) | 0.03 (0.04) | 0.09 (0.23) |
| Two vs. One adversity | 0.10 (0.43) | 0.03 (0.05) | 0.03 (0.24) |
| Socioeconomic status | HR Reactivity (n = 211) | RSA Reactivity (n = 211) | PEP Reactivity (n = 202) |
| One vs. No adversity | −0.48 (0.33) | 0.04 (0.04) | 0.37 (0.19)b |
| Two vs. No adversity | −0.56 (0.35) | 0.05 (0.04) | 0.30 (0.20) |
| Two vs. One adversity | −0.08 (0.29) | 0.02 (0.03) | −0.07 (0.16) |
a
Social support predicts HR reactivity trajectory p<.05, Overall model: F(3,358) = 69.13, p<.05, n = 211.
b
SES index predicts PEP reactivity trajectory p = .05, Overall model: F(3,340) = 2.78, p<.05, n = 202.