Fig. 3.

Effect sizes and CIs for total, direct, and mediation effects of early adversity on adult fGC concentrations, from models testing social bond strength with adult females as the mediator variable. The colors associated with the different types of effects correspond to the colors of the pathway arrows in Fig. 2, and the column headings in Table 2. Black (filled circles) indicates the total effect of early adversity on adult fGCs; green (open circles) indicates the direct effect that does not pass through the mediator, and pink (triangles) represents the mediation effect, where social bond strength with other females is the mediator.