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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2024 Feb 15;60(4):747–763. doi: 10.1037/dev0001694

Table 2.

Correlations among study variables

(i) Correlations among AP1 (mostly mothers) anxiety and depressive symptoms and other study variables
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 ANX-9M 1
2 ANX-18M .59 1
3 ANX-27M .55 .56 1
4 ANX-4.5Y .53 .46 .49 1
5 ANX-6Y .44 .39 .41 .59 1
6 ANX-7Y .43 .32 .43 .50 .81 1
7 ANX-8Y .40 .42 .41 .38 .74 .76 1
8 ANX-11Y .40 .37 .41 .40 .69 .73 .76 1
9 DEP-9M .50 .40 .43 .41 .48 .43 .43 .35 1
10 DEP-18M .41 .53 .47 .41 .43 .42 .46 .35 .63 1
11 DEP-27M .40 .38 .61 .44 .48 .53 .44 .41 .56 .62 1
12 DEP-4.5Y .40 .32 .34 .66 .57 .57 .53 .42 .42 .37 .48 1
13 DEP-6Y .38 .32 .31 .47 .75 .66 .59 .50 .34 .32 .39 .51 1
14 DEP-7Y .35 .28 .36 .43 .60 .76 .62 .48 .32 .31 .43 .48 .63 1
15 DEP-8Y .34 .44 .35 .34 .57 .56 .73 .58 .39 .42 .41 .49 .58 .56 1
16 DEP-11Y .32 .30 .34 .33 .53 .55 .64 .75 .30 .27 .31 .34 .50 .48 .60 1
17 BP INT (Lifetime) .04 .06 .03 −.04 −.01 −.02 .02 −.01 .07 .05 .08 .01 −.06 .01 .01 −.07 1
18 BM INT (Pregnancy) −.01 −.06 −.01 −.07 −.02 −.13 −.03 −.02 .01 −.03 −.03 −.04 −.03 −.07 −.05 0 .44 1
19 Child AXDP-4.5Y .16 .07 .08 .13 .13 .08 .12 .09 .12 .05 .06 .11 .11 .04 .07 .02 .01 −.01 1
20 Child AXDP-11Y .13 .05 .11 .10 .14 .15 .16 .20 .03 .01 .08 .04 .11 .10 .03 .16 0 −.05 .38 1
(ii) Correlations among AP2 (mostly fathers) anxiety and depressive symptoms and other study variables
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 ANX-9M 1
2 ANX-18M .57 1
3 ANX-27M .53 .56 1
4 ANX-4.5Y .43 .51 .49 1
5 ANX-6Y .33 .35 .37 .47 1
6 ANX-7Y .31 .37 .41 .40 .81 1
7 ANX-8Y .37 .49 .41 .42 .78 .75 1
8 ANX-11Y .29 .40 .36 .41 .74 .77 .75 1
9 DEP-9M .53 .44 .45 .40 .39 .41 .42 .37 1
10 DEP-18M .44 .59 .56 .42 .44 .46 .46 .41 .65 1
11 DEP-27M .33 .40 .68 .35 .44 .48 .43 .43 .58 .73 1
12 DEP-4.5Y .38 .44 .42 .69 .50 .42 .45 .40 .51 .54 .45 1
13 DEP-6Y .38 .43 .40 .47 .77 .69 .66 .57 .43 .52 .50 .57 1
14 DEP-7Y .22 .37 .32 .42 .63 .76 .65 .66 .36 .38 .35 .45 .64 1
15 DEP-8Y .30 .40 .30 .24 .56 .54 .72 .61 .33 .36 .37 .23 .59 .61 1
16 DEP-11Y .26 .32 .37 .36 .60 .59 .60 .78 .34 .39 .42 .40 .55 .62 .60 1
17 BP INT (Lifetime) 0 .06 .03 .06 .02 −.04 −.21 −.02 .03 .09 0.05 .03 .01 .03 −.18 −.02 1
18 BM INT (Pregnancy) .02 .03 −.01 .09 .04 −.05 −.11 0 0 .04 −.02 .08 .08 .09 −.12 0 .44 1
19 Child AXDP-4.5Y .02 .06 .07 .06 .05 .07 .15 .09 .12 .13 .06 .04 .03 .04 .12 0 .01 −.01 1
20 Child AXDP-11Y .09 .16 .19 .07 .08 .15 .16 .17 .03 .12 .11 .06 .06 .18 .16 .14 0 −.05 .38 1

Note. AP = adoptive parent, BP = birth parents, BM = birth mother, ANX = anxiety symptoms, DEP = depressive symptoms, AXDP = anxiety and depressive symptoms, INT = internalizing problems, M = months, Y = years. Bolded number indicates that the correlation is significant at the level of p < .05.