Table 3.

Results of Analyses on the Effects of Childhood-Adversity Measures on Cortisol Parameters in Study 1

Measure	Morning cortisol	Cortisol awakening response	Cortisol slope
Without controlling for self-esteem
Childhood Adversity Stressful Events score	−0.0149 (0.0109)	−0.0030 (0.0090)	0.0019† (0.0011)
Childhood Adversity Relationship With  Parents score	−0.0392* (0.0199)	0.0040 (0.0156)	−0.0011 (0.0017)
Childhood Adversity Physical/Emotional  Abuse score	−0.0346 (0.0230)	−0.0105 (0.0187)	0.0009 (0.0019)
Controlling for self-esteem
Childhood Adversity Stressful Events score	−0.0138 (0.0109), [–0.003769, 0.000002205]	−0.0030 (0.0090), [–0.001343, 0.00123]	0.0018† (0.0011), [0.00001236, 0.0003972]
Childhood Adversity Relationship With  Parents score	−0.0354† (0.0199), [–0.01014, –0.0001315]	0.0043 (0.0155), [–0.004049, 0.003537]	−0.0015 (0.0017), [0.0001453, 0.001149]
Childhood Adversity Physical/Emotional  Abuse score	−0.0332 (0.0229), [–0.006221, 0.0005833]	−0.0104 (0.0187), [–0.002144, 0.001868]	0.0008 (0.0019), [−0.000068, 0.000670]

Note: The table shows unstandardized regression coefficients, followed by robust standard errors in parentheses; 95% confidence intervals are given in brackets for indirect effects.

^†p < .10. *p < .05.