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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2013 May 4;94(1):22–37. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.04.011

Table 1.

Effect Sizes across measures of adaptive functioning

Externalizing
Problems		 Internalizing
Problems		 Social
Problems		 Cognitive/Academic
Problems
Weighted Mean ES −.16 −.16 −.06 −.16
Cohen’s Criteria Small Small Small
95% CI −.19 to −.12 −.21 to −.12 −.10 to −.01 −.22 to −.10
Number of Effects Sizes 25 18 15 10
Total N across Studies 3,331 1,697 1,969 1,025
Range of Effects Sizes −.55 to .10 −.48 to .07 −.44 to .42 −.32 to −.02
t −9.09*** −6.78*** −2.63 −5.16***
File Drawer Analysis 113 65 30 30
I2 54% 54% 73% 39%
Nature of Moderation a b

Note.

***

p < .001.

a.

Stronger negative (adaptive) association between RSA withdrawal and externalizing problems among studies which had a sample containing a high percentage of Caucasian children.

b.

Association between RSA withdrawal and social problems was significantly more negative (adaptive) among studies with a community/healthy sample versus studies with a clinically/at-risk sample.