13. Q1. Fear Groups and Concurrent Anxious Symptoms F (1, 40) = 7.86, p < .01 F (1, 33) = 1.41, n.s. High fear in the high threat, Spider, episode is not associated with anxiety, BUT high fear in the low threat, Clown, episode is associated with anxiety.
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15. Q2. Predicting Anxious Behavior in Kindergarten for Dysregulated Fear Toddlers (n = 50) Proportion of fear behavior in Clown predicted Social Withdrawal. r = .27, p < .05
16. Q2. Preliminary Kindergarten Outcomes (n = 50) Average fear behavior was moderately stable from the 24-month visit to the first kindergarten visit r = .36, p < .05 No evidence for greater stability at the extremes.
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18. Q3. Growth curves for maternal-reported temperament Negative Affect decreases from age 3 to age 6 while Surgency increases. There were no moderating influences of gender.
19. Q3. Dysregulated Fear Moderates the Surgency Trajectory Surgency does not increase for toddlers showing high fear in the Clown episode.
20. Q4. Mother Approach Personality Moderates the Negative Affect Trajectory Negative Affect does not decrease for children whose mothers are low in Positive Affect and Approach personality.