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Table 5 Moderation Analysis: Temperamental control variables as moderators in the relationship between attentional bias to threat at 12 months and temperamental score of fear and negative affects at 36 months

From: Difficulty in disengaging from threat and temperamental negative affectivity in early life: A longitudinal study of infants aged 12–36 months

Predictor

Fear at 36 months

 

b(SE)

β

t

Step 1 (ΔR2 = .309, R2 = .309, F(3,19) = 2.38)

   

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M

1.05 (1.03)

.21

1.01

Orienting at 12 M

−.26 (.39)

−.15

−.67

Effortful control at 24 M

−.77 (.37)

−.45

−2.03

Step 2 (ΔR2 = .140 R2 = .449, F(5,19) = 2.28)

   

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M

2.07 (1.35)

.41

1.52

Orienting at 12 M

−.15 (.38)

−.08

−.39

Effortful control at 24 M

−.95 (.40)

−.56

−2.37*

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M × Orienting/Regulation at 12 M

5.45 (3.02)

.44

1.80

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M × Effortful control at 24 M

2.18 (5.19)

−.11

.42

Predictor

Negative affects at 36 months

 

b(SE)

β

t

Step 1 (ΔR2 = .213, R2 = .213, F(3,19) = 1.44)

   

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M

1.03 (.69)

.33

1.48

Orienting at 12 M

−.12 (.26)

−.11

−.47

Effortful control at 24 M

−.30 (.25)

−.28

−1.19

Step 2 (ΔR2= .0, R2 = .213, F(5,19) = .76)

   

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M

1.04 (1.01)

.33

1.02

Orienting at 12 M

−.12 (.28)

−.11

−.43

Effortful control at 24 M

−.30 (.30)

−.28

−1.01

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M × Orienting/Regulation at 12 M

.06 (2.26)

.00

.02

Attentional Bias to threat at 12 M × Effortful control at 24 M

.03 (3.89)

.00

.00

  1. *p < .05; p < .10.