Table 6.

Results of Analyses on the Effects of Childhood-Adversity Measures on Cortisol Parameters Controlling for Covariates in Study 2

Measure	Morning cortisol	Cortisol awakening response	Cortisol slope
Without controlling for self-esteem
Childhood Adversity Stressful Events score	–0.0044† (0.0026)	0.0008 (0.0030)	0.0003 (0.0002)
Childhood Adversity Relationship With Parents score	–0.0044 (0.0027)	0.0042 (0.0027)	–0.0001 (0.0002)
Controlling for self-esteem
Childhood Adversity Stressful Events score	–0.0045† (0.0026), [–0.000581, 0.000837]	0.0009 (0.0030), [–0.000557, 0.000374]	0.0003 (0.0002), [–0.000058, 0.000039]
Childhood Adversity Relationship With Parents score	–0.0031 (0.0027), [–0.002334, –0.000268]	0.0035 (0.0028), [–0.000365, 0.001709]	–0.0002 (0.0002), [0.000008, 0.000189]

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

^†p < .10.