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. 2021 Dec 2;12:761864. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.761864

TABLE 3.

Means of indicator variables for adolescent latent attachment classes.

Class 1 (n = 175):All secure Class 2 (n = 95): Parents insecure – Peers secure Class 3 (n = 84): Parents secure – Partner insecure Class 4 (n = 48):All insecure Class 5 (n = 43):Parents secure – Friend insecure Between-group effects (Wald’s test)





M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
Anxiety Mother 1.02a 0.01 1.86b 0.89 1.00d 0.94 2.75c 2.27 1.15a 0.25 123.67
Father 1.08a 0.28 2.33b 1.18 1.04a 0.17 3.30c 1.39 1.14a 0.44 210.04
Friend 1.28a 0.48 2.09b 0.75 1.37a 0.50 4.86c 0.96 4.28c 0.86 603.90
Partner 1.36a 0.86 2.41bc 1.41 2.53bc 1.71 3.39d 1.67 2.02ac 1.6 33.89
Avoidance Mother 1.82a 0.67 3.42c 1.86 3.01bc 1.38 4.06d 1.86 2.68b 1.68 169.52
Father 2.37a 0.98 4.67c 1.25 3.60b 1.07 4.84c 1.27 3.36b 1.41 189.08
Friend 1.50a 0.64 2.20b 1.03 2.66bc 1.19 3.11c 1.20 2.83c 1.07 131.63
Partner 1.29a 0.48 1.96b 0.83 2.54c 1.10 2.71c 1.29 1.66b 0.80 90.21

Different superscripts (a−d) in each row indicate statistically significant, p < 0.05, differences between the latent classes. All Wald’s tests had 4 degrees of freedom and indicated significant, p < 0.05, differences between the groups.