Table 2.
Means and (standard deviations) of variables of interest, separated by maltreatment group. Asterisks indicate significant differences between groups
| Non Maltreated | Maltreated | |||||
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| Maternal Reminiscing | 59.17 (29.1) | 46.38* (23.4) | ||||
| Child PPVT-4a | 100.95 (14.9) | 92.31** (14.1) | ||||
| Child Emotion Knowledge | 13.67 (2.7) | 11.5** (4.4) | ||||
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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Average | Day 1 | Day 2 | Average | |
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| Child AUCgb | 2.67 (2.11) | 3.07 (3.31) | 2.97 (2.55) | 2.29 (1.76) | 2.11 (1.70) | 2.18 (1.73) |
| Child AUCic | −2.40 (2.87) | −0.92 (2.86) | −1.40 (1.97) | −2.22 (2.13) | −1.13 (1.49) | −1.70 (1.48) |
Note:
a
PPVT-4: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, 4th Edition;
b
AUCg: Area under the curve with respect to ground;
c
AUCi: Area under the curve with respect to increase. t-tests AUCg were performed on natural log transformed variables. Negative AUCi values reflect diurnal decline. Cortisol in units of μg/ml. p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001