Correlations among the measures are presented in Table 1. A two-way (early adversity × OXTR) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) conducted on depression and the four anxiety scores yielded a significant interaction of early adversity and OXTR, F(5,76) = 4.42, p < .01. Separate univariate ANOVAs yielded significant interactions for depressive symptoms, F(1,84) = 8.50, p < .01, physical symptoms, F(1,82) = 9.89, p < .01, social anxiety, F(1,82) = 13.02, p < .01, and separation anxiety, F(1,82) = 5.80, p < .05, but not for harm avoidance, F(1,82) = 1.51, ns. As can be seen in Figure 1, heterozygous (AG) girls in the high early adversity group reported significantly higher symptom levels of depression, physical anxiety, and social anxiety than did participants in the other three groups, ts > 2.31, ps < .05, and higher symptom levels of separation anxiety than did the high-adversity GG group, t(27) = 3.00, p < .01.
