Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations between Independent Variables and Child Internalizing Symptoms

	Internalizing Symptoms			Attachment Quality
	Anxiety	Depression	Internalizing	Substitute Caregiver	Biological Parent
Attachment quality (AQ)
AQ substitute caregiver	−.311***	−.326***	−.157**
AQ biological parent	−.164***	−.164***	−.118*	.095*
Demographics
Age	−.141**	−.145**	.010	.035	−.081†
Sex (1 = male)	−.124**	−.075	.032	−.050	.016
Minority status	−.013	.046	.029	−.060	−.011
Maltreatment type a
Physical abuse	.065	.080†	−.006	−.041	−.002
Sexual abuse	.052	.101*	−.011	−.073	−.001
Physical neglect	.024	−.010	.073	.018	.032
Supervisory neglect	−.005	.013	−.100*	.029	−.018
Emotional abuse	.052	.033	.013	−.008	−.089†
Multiple maltreatment	.082†	.085†	.001	−.025	−.035
Placement experience variables
Placement type (1 = foster care)	.079	.095†	.189***	−.115*	.073
Caregiver transitions	.074	.085†	.088†	−.097*	−.027
Frequency of contact	−.004	.019	−.016	−.063	.200***
Length in out-of-home care	.007	.055	−.042	−.040	−.159***
Length of current placement	.009	.022	−.024	.033	−.105*

^aThese categories were nonexclusively coded; that is, a child could be coded in more than one category.

^†p<.10

^*p<.05

^**p<.01

^***p<.001