Table 1.
Means and Standard Deviations for Infant and Parent SFP Responses by Age, Episode, and Parent, and Testing for Order Effects
| Infant-Mother | Infant-Father | |||||
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| SFP Response | 3 month M (SD) (n = 119) |
5 month M (SD) (n = 124) |
7 month M (SD) (n = 118) |
3 month M (SD) (n = 122) |
5 month M (SD) (n = 123) |
7 month M (SD) (n = 119) |
| Infant Positive Affect | ||||||
| Play F-first | .16 (.08)a | .25 (.14) | .25 (.13) | .20 (.11)a | .21 (.12) | .22 (.12) |
| Play M-first | .23 (.13)b | .29 (.16) | .26 (.14) | .17 (.09)b | .20 (.11) | .23 (.15) |
| Still-Face F-first | .12 (.07) | .12 (.05) | .14 (.09) | .11 (.04) | .13 (.07) | .16 (.09)a |
| Still-Face M-first | .13 (.06) | .13 (.05) | .14 (.08) | .11 (.03) | .13 (.07) | .12 (.06)b |
| Reunion F-first | .16 (.07) | .22 (.14)a | .26 (.14) | .17 (.08) | .22 (.13) | .22 (.12) |
| Reunion M-first | .19 (.09) | .28 (.17)b | .24 (.13) | .14 (.07) | .21 (.13) | .23 (.16) |
| Infant Negative Affect | ||||||
| Play F-first | .17 (.17) | .12 (.06)a | .16 (.14)a | .15 (.14) | .11 (.03) | .11 (.04) |
| Play M-first | .14 (.13) | .10 (.01)b | .10 (.04)b | .16 (.16) | .14 (.13) | .12 (.07) |
| Still-Face F-first | .21 (.16)a | .25 (.20)a | .23 (.19)a | .19 (.17) | .13 (.09)a | .14 (.12)a |
| Still-Face M-first | .13 (.08)b | .14 (.10)b | .12 (.06)b | .22 (.18) | .19 (.16)b | .21 (.16)b |
| Reunion F-first | .23 (.22)a | .19 (.17)a | .25 (.21)a | .17 (.15) | .14 (.13)a | .14 (.12)a |
| Reunion M-first | .16 (.17)b | .12 (.05)b | .14 (.12)b | .23 (.23) | .21 (.19)b | .21 (.20)b |
| Infant Parent Orient. | ||||||
| Play F-first | .53 (.16)a | .50 (.15) | .48 (.15) | .64 (.12)a | .48 (.18) | .41 (.14)a |
| Play M-first | .59 (.16)b | .53 (.17) | .46 (.17) | .56 (.16)b | .50 (.16) | .47 (.15)b |
| Still-Face F-first | .38 (.17)a | .27 (.12) | .29 (.12)a | .47 (.17)a | .28 (.15) | .27 (.10) |
| Still-Face M-first | .47 (.17)b | .29 (.15) | .24 (.15)b | .40 (.17)b | .27 (.13) | .25 (.10) |
| Reunion F-first | .51 (.18)a | .50 (.17) | .51 (.17)a | .62 (.10)a | .50 (.15) | .46 (.15) |
| Reunion M-first | .60 (.13)b | .52 (.16) | .46 (.15)b | .53 (.17)b | .48 (.18) | .48 (.15) |
| Infant Self-Comfort. | ||||||
| Play F-first | .23 (.15) | .19 (.14) | .16 (.11) | .18 (.13) | .18 (.15) | .13 (.08)a |
| Play M-first | .19 (.13) | .17 (.12) | .17 (.13) | .18 (.13) | .17 (.12) | .17 (.12)b |
| Still-Face F-first | .18 (.08)a | .23 (.10) | .26 (.11) | .14 (.04)a | .17 (.10)a | .23 (.11) |
| Still-Face M-first | .13 (.04)b | .20 (.11) | .25 (.12) | .20 (.08)b | .23 (.11)b | .24 (.11) |
| Reunion F-first | .21 (.14) | .21 (.14)a | .17 (.12) | .23 (.17) | .18 (.13) | .13 (.06)a |
| Reunion M-first | .23 (.18) | .15 (.07)b | .21 (.15) | .18 (.12) | .14 (.08) | .17 (.10)b |
| Parent Sensitivity | ||||||
| Play F-first | 4.28 (.55) | 4.15(.58)a | 4.32(.43)a | 4.21 (.53) | 4.16 (.55) | 4.30(.49) |
| Play M-first | 4.32 (.59) | 4.41(.42)b | 4.51(.39)b | 4.18 (.49) | 4.10 (.63) | 4.12(.49) |
| Reunion F-first | 4.13 (.51) | 4.10(.61) | 4.27(.58) | 4.08 (.60) | 4.04 (.65) | 4.24(.57)a |
| Reunion M-first | 4.24 (.50) | 4.29(.46) | 4.40(.50) | 3.96 (.68) | 4.07 (.66) | 4.01(.57)b |
Note: M-first = Mother participated first and father participated second in the SFP; F-first = Father participated first and mother participated second in the SFP. Superscripts of a vs. b = significant (p < .05) effects for parent order within age and episode when comparing means when mother went first vs. father went first.