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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Child Dev. 2009 Mar 1;18(2):133–148. doi: 10.1002/ICD.593

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations of observers’ and mothers’ ratings

Time 1
Time 2
Twin 1
Twin 2
Twin 1
Twin 2
M SD Min/Max M SD Min/Max M SD Min/Max M SD Min/Max
Observer ratings
Child neg behaviour 1.33 0.43 1.00–3.33 1.21 0.36 1.00–2.83 1.26 0.27 1.00–2.00 1.20 0.27 1.00–2.17
Child pos engage 2.17 0.50 2.17–4.33 2.33 0.69 2.33–5.33 3.39 0.66 1.83–5.00 3.85 0.73 2.33–6.00
Mother positivity 3.92 0.70 2.67–6.17 4.01 0.63 2.67–5.50 4.35 0.94 2.00–6.33 4.49 0.97 2.33–6.33
Mother negativity 1.24 0.41 1.00–3.25 1.12 0.18 1.00–1.75 1.20 0.40 1.00–3.00 1.17 0.31 1.00–2.25
Mother ratings
Externalizing 6.19 5.70 0.00–23.00 6.91 5.24 0.00–21.00 5.61 4.81 0.00–18.00 6.51 5.14 0.00–19.00
Internalizing 4.05 4.27 0.00–20.00 4.91 5.25 0.00–18.00 4.05 4.02 0.00–17.00 4.63 4.92 0.00–25.00
Mother negativity −0.18 0.80 −1.52–2.02 −0.10 0.86 1.35–2.80 −0.04 0.73 −1.52–2.01 0.80 −0.03 −1.26–2.18
Mother positivity 0.20 0.70 −2.42–1.45 0.18 0.89 −4.56–1.49 0.13 0.82 −3.80–1.66 0.07 0.91 −4.56–1.39