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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2016 Feb 25;28(12):1646–1662. doi: 10.1037/pas0000299

Table 1. CBQ Descriptive Statistics.

Girls Boys d Mothers Fathers d r




M SD M SD M SD M SD
Smiling and Laughter 5.65 .63 5.72 .58 .12 5.76 .66 5.58 .70 .27 .51
High Intensity Pleasure 4.89 .73 5.23 .73 .47 5.07 .81 5.03 .81 .06 .62
Approach 5.24 .54 5.32 .53 .15 5.31 .62 5.21 .60 .14 .35
Soothability 4.74 .42 4.73 .60 .02 4.79 .71 4.67 .71 .16 .45
Impulsivity 4.56 .70 4.80 .66 .35 4.69 .76 4.68 .71 .02 .63
Anger/Frustration 4.55 .75 4.65 .75 .13 4.59 .84 4.58 .81 .01 .53
Fear 3.93 .79 3.40 .85 .65 3.81 .94 3.79 .87 .02 .53
Discomfort 4.28 .74 3.97 .72 .43 4.11 .85 4.06 .78 .06 .50
Sadness 4.02 .59 3.89 .62 .21 3.93 .72 3.93 .66 0 .39
Shyness 3.66 1.14 3.28 1.05 .35 3.44 1.24 3.48 1.11 .04 .69
Attentional Focusing 4.57 .68 4.35 .71 .32 4.49 .81 4.41 .77 .10 .48
Inhibitory Control 4.57 .74 4.31 .71 .36 4.46 .82 4.38 .77 .11 .58
Low Intensity Pleasure 5.58 .52 5.31 .56 .50 5.52 .66 5.32 .62 .27 .35
Perceptual 4.91 .65 4.80 .75 .16 4.89 .80 4.76 .76 .16 .43
Effortful Control 19.62 1.95 18.76 2.54 .38 19.37 2.24 18.86 2.08 .24 .53
Negative Affectivity 20.03 2.60 19.48 2.52 .22 19.67 2.92 19.68 2.69 0 .54
Surgency 24.68 2.79 25.79 1.94 .47 25.40 2.98 25.01 2.85 .15 .63

Note. M.Mean; SD.Standard Deviation; d.Cohen's d for mean difference; r.correlation between mother and father ratings. N (Girls).285; N (Boys).318; N (Mothers).588; N (Fathers).478. Means and standard deviations for girls and boys based on the average of mothers' and fathers' ratings.