Table 2.

Conversation Engagement Descriptives

		Combined Parent	Mother	Father	t-test Mother vs. Father
		M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
1.	18m Initiations	9.59 (9.52)	6.68 (8.95)	2.89 (4.20)	3.64***
2.	18m Connectedness	20.31 (19.44)	13.98 (16.72)	5.76 (8.71)	4.26***
3.	18m Attempts to Understand	3.31 (4.56)	2.17 (3.39)	0.96 (2.11)	2.79**
4.	18m Conversation Engagement	33.21 (30.19)	22.82 (27.16)	9.60 (13.85)	4.12***
5.	30m Initiations	15.44 (10.01)	10.38 (7.03)	5.32 (6.28)	5.25***
6.	30m Connectedness	50.04 (31.84)	34.38 (22.68)	15.92 (16.46)	6.64***
7.	30m Attempts to Understand	2.60 (2.65)	1.64 (2.00)	0.93 (1.44)	2.90**
8.	30m Conversation Engagement	66.51 (39.16)	44.40 (29.52)	22.17 (22.82)	6.47***

^***p < .001.

^**p < .01.

^*p < .05.

^Mp < .10 (marginal significance).