Table 4 Descriptive indexes for cognitive abilities’ subscales in the secure, avoidant and anxious groups.
Cognitive abilities’ scales | Cognitive abilities’ subscales | Attachment group | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensory-motor skill | Promptness | Secure | 0.48 | 0.18 |
Avoidant | 0.36 | 0.22 | ||
Anxious | 0.75 | 0.24 | ||
Total | 0.53 | 0.26 | ||
Accuracy | Secure | 0.39 | 0.12 | |
Avoidant | 0.7 | 0.25 | ||
Anxious | 0.25 | 0.15 | ||
Total | 0.45 | 0.26 | ||
Visual information processing | Objective sensitivity | Secure | 0.58 | 0.41 |
Avoidant | −0.41 | 0.93 | ||
Anxious | −1.5 | 1.07 | ||
Total | −0.44 | 1.19 | ||
Response inhibition | Secure | 0.57 | 0.56 | |
Avoidant | −2.9 | 3.44 | ||
Anxious | −3.46 | 4.41 | ||
Total | 1.93 | 3.65 | ||
Continuous attention | Secure | 0.73 | 0.29 | |
Avoidant | 0.17 | 0.95 | ||
Anxious | −1.12 | 1.4 | ||
Total | −0.07 | 1.25 | ||
Working memory | Active memory | Secure | 0.71 | 0.26 |
Avoidant | −0.5 | 1.43 | ||
Anxious | −1.96 | 1.41 | ||
Total | −0.58 | 1.59 | ||
Short-term memory | Secure | 0.76 | 0.18 | |
Avoidant | −0.79 | 1.61 | ||
Anxious | −0.02 | 1.32 | ||
Total | −0.01 | 1.34 | ||
Strategy selection | Secure | 1.54 | 0.78 | |
Avoidant | 0.43 | 1.88 | ||
Anxious | −1.6 | 1.16 | ||
Total | 0.12 | 1.86 | ||
Effort-error learning | Quick learning | Secure | 0.34 | 0.26 |
Avoidant | −0.86 | 0.89 | ||
Anxious | −1.33 | 1.09 | ||
Total | −0.61 | 1.08 | ||
Learning-memory | Secure | 0.62 | 0.27 | |
Avoidant | −0.53 | 0.82 | ||
Anxious | −1.55 | 1.55 | ||
Total | −0.48 | 1.34 |
