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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2015 Sep 7;86(6):1673–1684. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12418

Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics of Event-Related Potential (ERP) Data for Emotional Faces Task in the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC; experimental intervention) Group, Developmental Education for Families (DEF; control intervention) Group, and Low-risk Comparison Group

Variable CPS-Referred
Low-Risk Comparison (n = 30)
ABC (n = 19) DEF (n = 21)


Mean (SD) Min – Max Mean (SD) Min – Max Mean (SD) Min – Max
 N170 (P7)- Crying −3.39 (2.93) −11.70 – 0.60 −2.67 (2.69) −9.39 – 1.16 −3.79 (3.70) −15.71 – 2.64
 N170 (P7)- Laughing −3.32 (2.32) −9.66 – −0.39 −2.31 (2.26) −8.01 – 1.19 −3.09 (3.30) −13.69 – 4.52
 N170 (P7)- Neutral −2.49 (2.53) −10.00 – 0.86 −2.15 (2.06) −6.57 – 2.19 −2.80 (3.28) −14.87 – 2.95
 N170 (P8)- Crying −4.37 (2.86) −11.65 – −.02 −2.83 (2.26) −7.02 – 2.39 −3.82 (3.22) −12.83 – 2.20
 N170 (P8)- Laughing −3.31 (3.22) −11.34 – 0.14 −2.68 (2.30) −6.10 – 1.89 −4.11 (3.06) −10.10 – 2.03
 N170 (P8)- Neutral −2.93 (2.93) −10.00 – 0.60 −2.66 (2.24) −6.78 – 0.69 −3.42 (2.61) −8.85 – 3.42
 LPP (Pz)- Crying 11.53 (6.44) 1.10 – 28.80 10.04 (4.68) −2.50 – 19.00 9.77 (6.20) −1.10 – 26.20
 LPP (Pz)- Laughing 10.41 (4.94) 1.10 – 23.60 9.08 (4.77) −2.60 – 17.70 8.40 (5.57) −1.10 – 27.60
 LPP (Pz)- Neutral 8.75 (5.34) −1.82 – 25.21 9.75 (5.03) 1.26 – 19.92 7.97 (5.00) −1.06 – 22.89

Note: CPS = Child Protective Services