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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2015 Sep 2;86(6):1794–1811. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12417

Table 5A.

Summary of Parent Personality Predicting 9 Month Child Temperament Profile

Parent Personality Membership Differences at 9 Months Odds
Ratios
p
AM Harm Avoidance Negative Reactive vs. Positive Reactive 2.53 <.001
Negative Reactive vs. Typical Expressive 1.64 .001
Typical Expressive vs. Positive Reactive 1.54 .012
Typical Lo Expressive vs. Positive Reactive 2.02 <.001
Typical Lo Expressive vs. Typical Expressive 1.31 .019
AF Harm Avoidance[KMH8] Negative Reactive vs. Positive Reactive 1.60 .017
Typical Expressive vs. Positive Reactive 1.61 .008
Typical Lo Expressive vs. Positive Reactive 1.55 .011
AM Reward Dependence Positive Reactive vs. Negative Reactive 1.52 .018
Typical Expressive vs. Negative Reactive 1.68 <.001
Typical Expressive vs. Typical Lo Expressive 1.33 .019

Note: The Bolded profile is more likely given higher levels of the parent personality predictor