Table 2.
Descriptives of emotional expressivity and emotional flexibility for father-child and mother-child dyads
| AD children (N = 128) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-AD children (N = 44) | AD children (N = 128) | AD children, non-AD fathers (N = 110) | AD children and fathers (N = 18) | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| Father-child dyads | |||||
| Negative affect | 3.55 (2.69) | 5.01 (4.92) | 4.79 (4.79) | 6.37 (5.62) | |
| Positive affect | 2.44 (1.88) | 2.69 (2.48) | 2.66 (2.34) | 2.86 (3.29) | |
| Dispersion | 0.65 (.14) | .55 (.22) | 0.55 (.23) | 0.52 (.18) | |
| Transitions | 27.94 (5.80) | 19.21 (9.64) | 19.41 (9.92) | 17.99 (7.84) | |
| Average duration | 1.93 (.44) | 2.97 (1.49) | 2.94 (1.50) | 3.15 (1.47) | |
| AD children (N = 128) | |||||
| Non-AD children (N = 44) | AD children (N = 128) | AD children, non-AD mothers (N = 86) | AD children and mothers (N = 42) | ||
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| Mother-child dyads | |||||
| Negative affect | 5.16 (4.38) | 5.72 (5.19) | 5.34 (5.31) | 6.48 (4.93) | |
| Positive affect | 2.64 (2.91) | 2.91 (3.08) | 2.25 (2.17) | 4.24 (4.11) | |
| Dispersion | 0.68 (.12) | .62 (.21) | 0.62 (.19) | 0.63 (.24) | |
| Transitions | 26.27 (6.37) | 20.70 (9.62) | 22.34 (10.36) | 17.32 (7.04) | |
| Average duration | 2.18 (.66) | 3.11 (1.93) | 2.74 (1.34) | 3.90 (2.61) | |
Higher values of transitions and dispersion indicates more emotional flexibility, while, higher values of average duration indicated less emotional flexibility of dyads. For analyses the measure average duration was reversed
M Mean, SD Standard deviation, AD Anxiety Disorder