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Table 3 Effect of prenatal HPA axis activity on Infant protesting-mother negative dyadic behavior. Results of ANCOVAsa

From: Impact of prenatal stress on mother-infant dyadic behavior during the still-face paradigm

Effect

IproMneg dyad

F/ (df)

p

Part. Eta Sq.

Cortisol decline

3.192 (126)

.076

.025

Episode

0.775 (126)

.380

.006

Cortisol decline x episode IA

3.949 (126)

.049

.029

Cortisol AUCg

3.433 (123)

.066

.027

Episode

0.540 (123)

.464

.004

Cortisol AUCg x episode IA

4.736 (123)

.031

.037

  1. aANCOVAs were adjusted for gender, maternal age, parity and video setting
  2. Abbreviations: Part. Eta Sq.: partial Eta-squared; df: degrees of freedom; IA: interaction; IposMpos: Infant positive-mother positive; IproMpos: Infant protesting-mother positive; IproMneg: Infant protesting-mother negative; AUCg: area under the curve with respect to ground