Table 2.
Mean (and SD) Infant Behavior and Affect as a Function of Experimental Group
| Variable | Experimental Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anger attentive | Anger distracted | Anger back | Anger absent | Control | |
| Infant Behavior in Response Period | |||||
| Latency to Touch (in seconds) | 4.26 (5.94) | 3.48 (4.82) | .72 (.51) | 1.54 (2.26) | 1.47 (3.37) |
| Duration of Touch (Proportion) | .90 (.19) | .85 (.18) | .92 (.07) | .91 (.08) | .94 (.07) |
| Imitation Score (Range 0–3) | 1.53 (1.22) | 1.83 (1.18) | 2.20 (.92) | 2.57 (.63) | 2.47 (.94) |
| Imitation Proportion | .54 (.40) | .67 (.39) | .73 (.31) | .87 (.21) | .82 (.31) |
| Duration of Attention to Emoter (in seconds) | 3.56 (2.63) | 2.19 (2.26) | .97 (1.22) | N/A | 2.54 (1.98) |
| Infant Affect in Stimulus- Presentation Period a | |||||
| Positive affect | .08 (.27) | .11 (.25) | .20 (.47) | .23 (.52) | .27 (.51) |
| Negative affect | .23 (.34) | .19 (.29) | .11 (.20) | .16 (.26) | .19 (.30) |
| Infant Affect in Response Period a | |||||
| Positive affect | .51 (.67) | .42 (.62) | .86 (.75) | 1.03 (.76) | .78 (.74) |
| Negative affect | .23 (.32) | .40 (.46) | .09 (.15) | .11 (.20) | .17 (.27) |
a
Ratings based on a scale from 0–2