Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and between-group differences in the main study variables.

	Overall sample (N=53)		A Clinically anxious (n=30)		B Non-anxious (n=23)		A vs. B
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t value	Cohen’s d
Sociodemographics
Youths’ age	11.50	2.48	11.47	2.78	11.55	2.06	0.11	0.03
Youths’ RF
RF-Global	4.17	1.63	4.50	1.33	3.74	1.89	−1.72	0.48
RF-Self	3.52	1.04	3.60	1.17	3.41	0.85	−0.65	0.18
RF-Others	4.13	1.38	4.16	1.14	4.11	1.67	−0.12	0.04
Mothers’ RF
RF-Global	4.17	1.90	4.17	1.87	4.17	2.00	0.00	0.00
Youths’ symptoms
SRP–Anxietya	56.57	11.18	61.33	11.67	51.36	8.02	−3.35*	0.97
SRP–Internalizinga	52.24	10.35	54.79	11.19	49.45	8.77	−1.79	0.52
PRS–Anxietya	58.60	13.41	66.50	11.01	50.33	10.49	−4.93**	1.50
PRS–Internalizinga	62.19	16.65	73.27	14.10	50.57	9.83	−6.10**	1.83
Youths’ attachment
CAI–Preoccupation–Idealizationb	0.25	2.56	−0.09	2.80	0.73	2.27	1.07	0.32
CAI–Security–Dismissingc	11.68	9.28	12.05	8.15	11.24	10.68	−0.29	0.09
Mothers’ attachment
AAI–Preoccupation	0.26	2.38	0.73	2.57	−0.39	1.96	−1.68	0.48
AAI–Dismissing	−0.43	5.81	0.24	5.82	−1.29	5.82	−0.90	0.26

RF=reflective functioning; SRP=self-report of personality; PRS=parent rating scale; CAI=child attachment interview; AAI=adult attachment interview.

^aStandardized (t) scores.

^bHigher score=lower preoccupation and higher idealization.

^cHigher score=higher security and lower dismissal.

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01.