Table 4.

Correlations Between Temperament and Language

	Language Measures
Temperament Measures	Nouns	Predicates	Closed Class	Total Vocabulary	Morphology	Complexity	MLU†
Executive Control	.42**	.33*	.44**	.41**	.40**	.50**	.46**
Attention Focusing+	.39**	.34*	.34*	.38**	.36*	.39**	.37*
Attention Shifting+	.37**	.27	.36*	.36*	.30*	.43**	.47**
Inhibitory Control+	.34*	.34*	.32*	.35*	.28	.45**	.40**
Low Intensity Pleasure+			.27			.30*
Affiliation+
Surgency
High Intensity Pleasure+	.29*			.26
Positive Anticipation	.35*	.30*	.37**	.35*	.32*	.32*	.34*
Negative Affect		-.28
Fear	-.27	-.25
Frustration	-.29*	-.37*	-.31*	-.33*	-.26		-.31*
Sadness	-.26	-.26	-.28	-.28		-.29*	-.34*
Perceptual Sensitivity+	.33*		.29*	.29*	.42**	.32*	.26
Discomfort		-.27	-.27		-.25
Soothability+

Note: N ranges from 43 to 47 for available data.

^†Mean Length of Utterance.

⁺These scales were expected to associate with language measures a priori.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01; else p < .10 for all reported correlations.