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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Dev. 2007 Oct;22(4):544–567. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.08.003

Relations of Behavioral Measures of EC and Impulsivity with Reports of Children's Sympathy

T1 T2 T3 T4/5

P C P T C P T C P T C

T1 persistence Total .22** .12+ .18* .18* .11 .11 .13 -.04 .03 .22** .08
Girls .24* .00 .21+ .02 .16 .22+ .08 .09 .09 .04 .04
Boys .14 .15 .08 .22* .06 -.03 .07 -.15 -.07 .23* .01
T1 sitting still Total .06 .13+ .09 .09 .26** .20** .22** -.02 .16* .12 .11
Girls .08 .15 .09 .01 .27* .30** .23+ .08 .15 -.01 .18+
Boys -.01 .09 .03 .10 .24* .09 .14 -.11 .12 .11 -.02
T2 persistence Total .08 .19* .20* -.01 -.06 -.04 .07 .03 .06
Girls .01 .10 .27* -.14 -.10 .01 .06 -.09 .05
Boys .11 .23* .13 .06 -.09 -.10 .06 .05 .02
T2 sitting still Total .03 .05 .15* .03 .00 -.01 .05 .03 .00
Girls .06 .05 .10 -.04 .08 .05 .16 -.07 .01
Boys .01 .04 .20* .11 -.03 -.06 -.03 .10 .00
T3 persistence Total .17* .18* .00 .07 .02 .08
Girls .13 .01 -.05 .09 -.15 .08
Boys .15 .24* .02 .01 .07 .04
T3 sitting still (movement) Total .11b .15+ .05 .13 .12 .20*b
Girls -.11 .01 .04 -.02 .04 .03
Boys .25* .30** .05 .25* .16 .32**
T3 low reward dominance Total -.02 .15+ -.17* -.01 .12 -.14
Girls -.09 .14 -.15 -.03 -.05 -.23+
Boys .06 .24* -.18 .03 .28* -.06
T4 low reward dominance Total .11 .09b .03
Girls .05 -.09 .03
Boys .21+ .29* .08

Note: P = parent-reported; T = teacher-reported; C = child-reported. T1 = Time 1; T2 = Time 2; T3 = Time 3; and T4 = Time 4, and T5 = Time 5.

**

p < .01.

*

p < or = .05.

+

p < .10.

a

The sex difference was significant at p < .01.

b

The sex difference was significant at p < .05.