Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Correlations

Variable	Mean	SD	Range	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Cortisol reactivity	0.00	0.20	−0.46 – 0.82	.31**	.02	.00	.21*	.02	.04
2. High-threat fear	2.96	1.18	1.00 – 5.00	--	.25*	−.11	.24*	−.02	.08
3. Low-threat fear	2.10	0.90	1.00 – 4.50		--	.38***	.37***	.10	.21*
4. Solicited comforting	0.09	0.20	0.00 – 1.17			--	.13	.16	.07
5. Unsolicited comforting	0.06	0.15	0.00 – 1.04				--	−.03	−.05
6. Age 2 anxiety	0.46	0.23	0.00 – 1.09					--	.45***
7. Age 3 anxiety	0.41	0.17	0.00 – 0.91						--

Note. Cortisol reactivity represents the unstandardized residual from a regression equation in which baseline cortisol secretion predicted post-visit cortisol secretion. Statistics are provided for Age 2 anxiety and Age 3 anxiety after imputation of missing values.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001