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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Rev. 2018 Sep 24;50(Pt B):113–139. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2018.06.002

Table 1.

Means (SD) of HR and RSA in SFP and effect sizes

Author, Year HR Baseline HR Play #1 HR SF #1 HR Play #2 HR SF#2 HR Play#3 RSA Baseline RSA Play#1 RSA SF #1 RSA Play#2 RSA SF#2 RSA Play#3
Bush et al. (2017) 4.26 (1.07) 4.27 (1.04) ES: 0.01 3.99 (1.21) ES: −0.25 4.21 (1.21) ES: 0.18 3.73 (1.16) ES: −0.40 4.10 (1.15) ES: 0.32
Busuito & Moore (2017) 3.65 (1.07) 3.40 (0.93) ES: −0.25 3.61 (1.09) ES: 0.21
Quigley, Moore, Propper, Goldman & Cox (2016) 3.68 (0.87) 3.57 (0.97) ES: −0.12 3.40 (1.00) ES: −0.17 3.47 (0.99) ES: 0.07
Suurland, Van Der Heijden, Smaling, Huijbregts, Van Goozen & Swaab (2016) Low Risk: 135.30 (13.51)
High Risk: 134.74 (12.74)
Low Risk: 140.21 (11.40) ES: 0.39
High Risk: 139.72 (12.02) ES: 0.40
Low Risk: 150.40 (14.31) ES: 0.78
High Risk: 143.96 (14.73) ES: 0.31
Low Risk: 146.39 (16.50) ES: −0.26
High Risk: 148.38 (18.05) ES: 0.27
Low Risk: 3.35 (0.45)
High Risk: 3.41 (0.36)
Low Risk: 3.36 (0.38) ES: 0.02
High Risk: 3.42 (0.33) ES 0.03
Low Risk: 3.14 (0.56) ES: −0.46
High Risk: 3.27 (0.44) ES: −0.38
Low Risk: 3.28 (0.53) ES: 0.26
High Risk: 3.13 (0.57) ES: −0.27
Pratt, Singer, Kanat-Maymon & Feldman (2015) Change in RSA from P to SF: 0.4(0.73) 2.83 (1.01)
Provenzi et al. (2015) Suppressors: 55.30 (74.04)
Non-suppressors: 21.24 (18.12)
Suppressors: 25.65 (23.09) ES: −0.54
Non-suppressors: 49.00 (62.18) ES: 0.60
Suppressors: 64.50 (132.83) ES: 0.41
Non-suppressors: 48.80 (50.86) ES: 0.0
Montirosso et al. (2014) 62.10 (124.25) 54.14 (74.69) ES: −0.08 144.09 (519.52) ES: 0.24
Holochwost, Gariepy, Propper, Mills-Koonce, W.R. Moore (2014). * 3.72 (0.909) 3.57 (1) ES: −0.16 3.46 (1.09) ES: −0.10 3.51(1.08) ES: 0.05
Tibu, Hill, Sharp, Marshall, Glover, Pickles (2014). Helper-Hinderer: Boys: 3.14 (0.86)
Girls: 3.21 (0.84)
Social Engage: Boys: 3.38 (0.77), ES: 0.59 (from NT)
Girls: 3.27 (0.89) ES: 0.30
Novel Toy: Boys: 2.93 (0.75).
Girls: 3.01 (0.86) ES (boys): − 0.26 ES (girls): − 0.23
Still Face: Boys: 2.80 (0.73), ES=−0.77
Girls: 2.86 (0.79) ES=−0.49
Reunion: Boys: 3.40 (0.91),ES=0.73
Girls: 3.30 (0.99) ES=0.49
Mattson, Ekas, Lambert, Tronick, Lest, & Messinger (2013). 151.47, SE = 1.26 157.78, SE = 1.41 158.07, SE = 1.79
Gunning, Halligan, & Murray (2013). 152.2 (9.8) 156.3 (11.3) ES: 0.39 155.6(12.0) ES: −0.06
Stewart, Lewis, Heilman, Davila, Coleman, Aylward, & Porges, (2013). HP:441.78 (33.97) HP: 409.96 (39.54) ES: −0.86 Not stated 3.25(0.74) 3.14 (0.91) ES=−0.13 Not stated
Weisman, Zagoory-Sharon & Feldman (2012)* 3.45 (.77) 3.25 (.77) ES=−0.26 3.63 (1.14) ES: 0.39
Ritz, Bosquet Enlow, Schulz, Kitts Staudenmay er et al. (2012). (RSA adjusted for respiration) (n=23) 135.06 (11.5)
(n=16) 137.4 (10.5)
146.66 (12.6) ES: 0.95 147.1 (12.5) ES= 0.82 144.56 (11.2) ES: −0.17 142.3 (10.2) ES=−0.41
152.1 (15.5) ES=0.73

149.3 (16.4)ES=− 0.17
n=23 0.139 (0.020) ES: −1.45
n=16 0.125 (0.021)
0.108 (0.022) ES: −1.45
0.095 (0.022) ES: −1.36
0.112 (0.020) ES: 0.019
0.105 (0.016) ES: 0.51

0.068 (0.037) ES: −1.3

0.089 (0.032) ES: 0.59
Sharp, Pickles, Meaney, Marshall, Tibu, et al. (2012) #Helper-Hinderer (HH): 3.18 (0.85)
Novel Toy (NT): 2.97(0.81) ES: −0.25
3.32 (0.84) ES: 0.42 (from NT) 2.83 (0.76) ES=−0.61 3.35 (0.95) ES=0.60
Conradt &Ablow. (2010). 137.95 (9.74) 138.23 (11.08) ES: 0.03 149.10 (13.25) ES: 0.89 150.11 (17.32) ES: 0.07 .0142 (.0174) .0170 (.013) ES: 0.18 .0141 (0.0067) ES: −0.28 .0141 (0.0064) ES: 0
Moore (2010) 3.68 (1.08) 3.41 (0.96) ES: −0.26 3.61 (1.09) ES: 0.19
Feldman, Singer, & Zagoory (2010). **T: 3.56 (0.85)
NT: 3.65 (0.74)
T: 3.37 (0.56) ES: −0.26
NT: 2.74 (0.68) ES: −1.27
T: 3.51 (0.87) ES: 0.19
NT: 2.83(0.75) ES: 0.12
Bosquet Enlow, Kullowatz,Staudenmayer, Spasojevic, Ritz & Wright (2009). 135.9 (11.5) 147 (12.4) ES: 0.91 145.3 (10.7) ES: −0.14
Ham & Tronick, (2009). 143.57 (9.97) 151.67 (11.93) ES: 0.71 Not printed
Moore, Hill-Soderlund, Propper, Calkins, Mills-Koonce & Cox (2009) 3.68 (0.85) 3.50 (0.93) ES: −0.20 3.38 (0.96) ES: −0.13 3.44 (0.95) ES: 0.06
Propper et al. (2008) 3 Months: AfA: 3.42(0.95) EA: 3.43(1.03)
6 Months: AfA: 3.78(0.95) EA: 3.57 (0.80)
12 Months AfA:4.00 (1.00) EA: 3.41 (0.88)
Change in RSA from baseline to SF episode: 3 months:
AfA: 0.35 (0.90) EA: 0.66 (0.75)
6 months: AfA: −0.19 (0.39) EA: 0.39 (0.76)
12 months: AfA: 0.19 (0.60) EA: 0.12 (0.70)
Moore & Calkins (2004) HP: 410.69 (30.64) HP: 409.33 (28.76) ES: −0.05 HP: 393.35 (31.54) ES: −0.53 HP: 405.43(32.60) ES: 0.37 2.82 (.75) 2.84 (0.76) ES: 0.03 2.64 (0.71) ES: −0.27 2.92 (0.89) ES: 0.34
Haley & Stanbury (2003) 146.60 (11.92) 148.79 (11.60) ES: 0.18 146.55 (12.07) ES: −0.19 151.15 (12.21) ES: 0.38 149.11 (13.15) ES: −0.16
Bazhenova, Plonskaia, & Porges (2001). HP:450 (28) HP: 421 (30) ES: −0.99 HP: 446 (40) ES: 0.70 Baseline: 3.26 (.9)
Picture Attention Task (PA): 3.77 (1)
ES: 0.53
Toy Attention Task: 3.73 (1)
ES from PA: −0.04
3.28 (0.8) ES: −0.49 3.77 (1) ES: 0.54
Weinberg & Tronick (1996). 6 months 138.20 (no SDs) 143.88 139.91 3.165 (no SDs) 3.034 3.237