Table 3.
Contrasts of cortisol levels between Touch conditions and the control condition by time.
| Contrast | Mean difference (nmol/L) | 95% CI |
F |
df |
ddf |
p |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | UL | ||||||
| Self-touch versus Control | |||||||
| Time 1 | −0.02 | −5.16 | 5.11 | <0.01 | 1 | 323.25 | .99 |
| Time 2 | 1.71 | −3.54 | 6.97 | 0.41 | 1 | 351.04 | .52 |
| Time 3 | −7.26 | −12.54 | −1.99 | 7.33 | 1 | 351.58 | .007 |
| Time 4 | −8.46 | −13.71 | −3.21 | 10.03 | 1 | 339.47 | .002 |
| Time 5 | −10.09 | −15.37 | −4.81 | 14.13 | 1 | 338.42 | <.001 |
| Time 6 | −5.04 | −10.36 | 0.28 | 3.47 | 1 | 337.66 | .063 |
| Hug versus Control | |||||||
| Time 1 | −0.05 | −5.19 | 5.09 | <0.01 | 1 | 336.30 | .99 |
| Time 2 | 1.15 | −4.05 | 6.36 | 0.19 | 1 | 356.98 | .66 |
| Time 3 | −7.75 | −12.99 | −2.51 | 8.46 | 1 | 361.15 | .004 |
| Time 4 | −6.34 | −11.59 | −1.10 | 5.65 | 1 | 355.64 | .018 |
| Time 5 | −7.81 | −13.06 | −2.57 | 8.58 | 1 | 347.10 | .004 |
| Time 6 | −3.98 | −9.27 | 1.31 | 2.19 | 1 | 346.80 | .14 |
Note. CI = confidence interval; LL = lower limit; UL = upper limit; ddf = denominator degrees of freedom (Kenward-Roger adjusted).