Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and bivariate associations among all study variables (N = 111).

	Mean (SD)	1 SPS	2 Positive IWM	3 Emotion Regulation	4 Age
1 SPS	4.8 (0.95)
2 Positive IWM	4.2 (1.27)	−0.08
3 Emotion regulation	3.3 (0.33)	−0.07	0.28
4 Age	6.6 (0.61)	0.03	0.17	0.04
5 Gender		0.05	0.28	0.15	−0.15

SPS, Sensory Processing Sensitivity; Positive IWM, Positive caregiving behaviors internalized by the child as captured by the MCAST Responsiveness-Sensitivity and Warmth dimensions. Given the sample size, N = 111, correlation values greater than 0.18 are significantly different from zero. According to Cohen (1988, 1992): trivial associations: r lower than r = 0.10; moderate associations: r = 25–45; strong association: r equal to or higher than 0.50.