Table 3.
Responses to stress by prenatal cocaine exposure status and age
15 year | 17 year | |||||
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PCE (n = 181) | NCE (n = 175) | p | PCE (n = 171) | NCE (n = 171) | p | |
Test age, M (SD) | 15.69 (0.27) | 15.67 (0.27) | .47 | 17.82 (0.26) | 17.80 (0.25) | .48 |
Responses to Stress, M (SD)* | ||||||
Primary control | 18.38 (3.90) | 19.26 (3.92) | .03 | 17.94 (3.61) | 18.59 (3.57) | .10 |
Secondary control | 26.35 (4.18) | 26.45 (4.32) | .84 | 25.70 (4.40) | 25.31 (4.32) | .20 |
Disengagement | 15.42 (2.25) | 14.82 (2.50) | .02 | 15.61 (2.46) | 14.95 (2.37) | .01 |
Involuntary engagement | 22.32 (3.70) | 22.23 (3.55) | .80 | 22.93 (4.00) | 22.83 (3.65) | .80 |
Involuntary disengagement | 17.52 (3.08) | 17.25 (2.92) | .38 | 17.81 (3.25) | 17.32 (2.91) | .14 |
Total responses to stress | 132.62 (26.25) | 128.37 (25.41) | .12 | 140.89 (25.79) | 136.69 (26.70) | .14 |
Responses to stress are reported as the proportion (%) of total responses.