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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Merrill Palmer Q (Wayne State Univ Press). 2007;53(4):557–577. doi: 10.1353/mpq.2008.0003

Table 1.

Bivariate Correlations, Means, and Standard Deviations by Sex of Study Variables

1 2 3 4 5 M SD
Boys
1. School lonelinessa .43*** −.081 −.01 .15 29.28 4.23
2. School lonelinessb −.25 −.12 −.04 1.08 1.19
3. Social competencec .86*** −.23 150.71 33.63
4. Social competenced −.08 15.01 5.37
5. Behavior problemse 5.23 5.41

Girls
1. School lonelinessa .56*** −.38** −.41** −.03 28.72 3.96
2. School lonelinessb −.25 −.27* .11 1.20 1.18
3. Social competencec .86*** −.08 167.08 33.54
4. Social competenced −.21 16.38 5.63
5. Behavior problemse 5.97 5.12
a

Note. Measured via Loneliness in Children Scale.

b

Measured via Seattle Personality Inventory for Children.

c

Measured via Walker-McConnell Scale of Social Competence and School Adjustment.

d

Measured via Social Competence Scale.

e

Measured via Parent Daily Report.

p < .10.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .05.

***

p < .001.