Table 3.

Analysis of variance for the effects of child abuse (sexual abuse + physical abuse + neglect) in the four attachment dimensions in terms of the t score, Brown-Forsythe test, Welch, U Mann-Whitney and effect size (w²)

Dimensions of attachment		M	SD	Range Confidence		F(1.94)	p	Brown-Forsythe	Welch	w 2
				Inf.	Sup.
Security	Abused	49.6	9.2	46.93	52.26	1.146	.29	ns	ns	.00
	Non-abused	51.8	11.2	48.59	55.07
Deactivation	Abused	49.0	7.7	46.73	51.22	.052	.82	ns	ns	.01
	Non-abused	48.5	10.4	45.54	51.57
Hyperactivation	Abused	56.0	10.5	52.98	59.08	12.762	.00**	.00**	00**	.11
	Non-abused	49.0	8.7	46.44	51.52
Disorganization	Abused	59.1	11.2	55.83	62.36	21.507	.00b **			.18
	Non-abused	49.8	11.2	47.41	52.17

Confidence interval = 95%. *p < .05; **p < .01. ^bSignificance Mann-Whitney U test. ns = not significant