Table 3.
Descriptive data for parental distress and arousal during the experimental procedure.
| Baseline M (SD) | Round 1 M (SD) | Round 2 M (SD) | Round 3 M (SD) | Round 4 M (SD) | Round 5 M (SD) | Round 6 M (SD) | Round 7 M (SD) | Round 8 M (SD) | Round 9 M (SD) | Round 10 M (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Group Valence | 3.04 (1.48) | 3.15 (1.54) | 3.23 (1.53) | 3.38 (1.65) | 3.46 (1.73) | 3.46 (1.77) | 3.46 (1.79) | 3.38 (1.77) | 3.54 (1.90) | 3.64 (1.82) | 3.50 (1.98) |
| Anxiety Group Valence | 2.88 (1.20) | 3.96 (2.01) | 4.30 (2.18) | 4.39 (1.88) | 4.43 (1.78) | 4.68 (2.10) | 4.71 (1.93) | 4.71 (2.03) | 4.83 (1.72) | 4.78 (1.87) | 4.63 (2.28) |
| Control Group Arousal | 7.19 (1.65) | 6.96 (1.91) | 7.04 (1.93) | 7.12 (1.63) | 7.00 (1.79) | 7.00 (1.83) | 7.15 (1.76) | 7.31 (1.62) | 7.35 (1.67) | 7.36 (1.63) | 7.38 (1.80) |
| Anxiety Group Arousal | 6.33 (2.04) | 5.84 (2.15) | 5.91 (2.26) | 5.91 (1.78) | 6.00 (1.93) | 5.86 (2.10) | 5.57 (1.83) | 5.62 (2.20) | 5.89 (1.88) | 6.06 (1.83) | 6.00 (1.86) |
| Baseline | Experiment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||||||
| Control Group Heart Rate | 65.62 (25.77) | 71.97 (8.95) | ||||||||
| Anxiety Group Heart Rate | 66.35 (27.22) | 74.00 (11.74) |
Note: Valence and Arousal assessed by the Self Assessment Manikin. Parents’ average heart rate over the experimental procedure is presented due to the large number of heart rate measurements obtained in 1-min increments over the course of the experiment. As noted in Table 6, there was no significant effect of time or experimental condition on parental heart rate as measured in 1-min increments over the course of the experiment.