TABLE 2.
Partial Correlations (controlling for child sex) Examining Relations of Maternal Personality to Observed Maternal Behavior in the Free Play and to both Observed and Reported Maternal Emotional Expressions
| Maternal Personality (18 months)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openness | Conscientious | Extraversion | Agreeable | Neuroticism | |
| Maternal behavior | |||||
| Sensitivity (18 months) | .05 | .11 | .06 | .09 | −.03 |
| Intrusiveness (18 months) | −.08 | −.06 | .06 | −.02 | .09 |
| Sensitivity (30 months) | .06 | .15* | .05 | .15* | −.12 |
| Intrusiveness (30 months) | −.08 | −.02 | .05 | −.03 | .13 |
| Observed emotional expressions | |||||
| Positive (18 months) | −.06 | .15* | .09 | .23** | .01 |
| Positive (30 months) | .02 | −.04 | .04 | .06 | .05 |
| Reported emotional expressions | |||||
| Positive (24 months) | .18** | .10 | .25** | .28** | −.12 |
| Negative (24 months) | −.08 | −21** | −.01 | −.24** | .28** |
*
p <.05.
**
p <.01.