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Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2014 Jul 12;37(4):491–504. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.06.002

Table 3.

Frequency of Maternal Direct and Intention Mirroring by Maternal Attachment Classification

	Secure^b (n = 25)	Insecure/Dismissing^b (n = 16)
Maternal direct mirroring (facial/gestural)
Phase 1	0.037 ± 0.006	0.039 ± 0.007
Phase 3	0.029 ± 0.007	0.029 ± 0.008
Total^a	0.033 ± 0.005	0.034 ± 0.005

Maternal direct mirroring (vocal)
Phase 1	0.027 ± 0.005	0.023 ± 0.007
Phase 3	0.023 ± 0.005	0.018 ± 0.006
Total^a	0.025 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.005

Maternal intention mirroring
Phase 1	0.033 ± 0.009	0.010 ± 0.004
Phase 3	0.053 ± 0.012	0.022 ± 0.007
Total^a	0.043 ± 0.008	0.016 ± 0.004

Note. Numbers shown (M ± SE) are frequency values, adjusted for the total length of time for which codable data were available in each respective phase of the MSFP. Untransformed values are reported here for illustrative purposes, while statistical tests were conducted using square-root transformed variables.

Total values represent data collapsed over the two interaction phases (i.e., phases 1 and 3) of the MSFP.

Maternal attachment was assessed prenatally during the third trimester of pregnancy.