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. 2017 Jan 19;8:26. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00026

Table 3.

Summary of results on each task/questionnaire and genotypes used in our study.

Questionnaire/Task DV Mean (SD) One-way ANOVA Linear contrast Mean (SD) t-test
10/10 10/9 9/9 10r-Pr 10r-Ab Pr vs. Ab
Teachers' reported Schooling skills N 38 28 14 66 14
Schooling skills composite (0.87) 3.5 (0.42) 3.7 (0.52) 3.9 (0.51) 4.04* 7.37** 3.6 (0.47) 3.9 (0.51) −2.12*
Assertiveness (0.84) 3.7 (0.74) 3.8 (0.67) 3.9 (0.86) <1 1.01 3.7 (0.71) 3.9 (0.87) −0.65
Sociability (0.82) 3.6 (0.53) 3.8 (0.70) 4.1 (0.56) 3.45* 6.75* 3.7 (0.61) 4.1 (0.56) −2.42*
Rule following (0.90) 3.7 (0.71) 3.8 (0.84) 4.2 (0.75) 1.79 3.59# 3.8 (0.76) 4.2 (0.75) 1.84#
Frustration tolerance (0.70) 3.2 (0.56) 3.4 (0.57) 3.5 (0.58) 3.21* 4.74* 3.2 (0.71) 3.4 (0.65) −1.13
Parents' reported Temperament N 55 48 17 103 17
Effortful control (0.79) 5.2 (0.51) 5.2 (0.65) 5.3 (0.41) <1 <1 5.3 (0.59) 5.4 (0.43) −1.30
Inhibitory control (0.62) 4.6 (0.87) 4.9 (0.93) 4.8 (0.97) 1.24 <1 4.8 (0.90) 4.8 (0.97) −0.03
Attentional focusing (0.70) 4.5 (1.01) 4.6 (1.15) 5 (0.80) 1.65 3.30# 4.6 (1.07) 5.0 (0.80) −2.13*
Low intensity pleasure (0.70) 6.1 (0.60) 6.1 (0.72) 6.0 (0.56) <1 <1 6.1 (0.66) 6.0 (0.56) −0.22
Perceptual sensitivity (0.68) 5.8 (0.87) 5.7 (1.0) 5.9 (0.79) <1 <1 5.7 (0.93) 5.9 (0.79) −0.59
Smiling and laugher (0.61) 5.4 (0.94) 5.2 (1.02) 5.5 (0.72) <1 <1 5.3 (0.98) 5.5 (0.72) −1.04
Battery of lab tasks DoG N 59 51 17 110 17
% Delay choices 56.1 (30.7) 58.6 (32.0) 69.2 (18.7) 1.26 2.53 57.2 (31.2) 69.2 (18.7) −2.20*
Go/No-Go N 44 26 15 70 15
d' 1.2 (0.67) 0.9 (0.53) 1.2 (0.68) 1.22 <1 1.1 (0.63) 1.2 (0.68) −0.51
Flanker N 54 48 15 102 15
Conflict z-index 0.09 (0.7) 0.08 (0.7) −0.25 (0.7) 1.46 2.68 0.09 (0.7) −0.25 (0.7) 1.78#
Intelligence IQ N 58 51 17 109 17
Verbal 107 (16.3) 108 (12.8) 105 (11.9) <1 <1 107 (14.7) 105 (11.9) 0.70
Fluid 105 (12.2) 104 (11.8) 110 (9.6) 1.60 2.20 104 (12.0) 110 (9.6) −2.03*

Battery of lab tasks: DoG, Delay of Gratification Task; Conflict z-index: Mean Z scores = Reaction Time-ConflictEffect + % Errors-ConflictEffect (Conflict effect: Incongruent − Congruent). Cronbach's Alpha is shown in brackets for each scale. Asterisks denote the level of significance

**

p < 0.01;

*

p < 0.05;

#

p < 0.1. Bold values depict statistically significant comparisons. Italic values depict marginally significant comparisons.