Table 5.

Coherence Among Mother Socio-emotional Behaviors

Behaviors	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1 Speech to child		.40*	.31*	.36*	.30*	.15	.48***	.21
2 Imitation	−.01		.33*	.27	.11	.17	.10	.16
3 Direct attention to mother	.21	.08		.59***	.42**	.28*	.03	−.12
4 Social play	.14	.04	.45**		.23	.12	.05	−.30*
5 Hold	.10	−.17	.14	.20		.43**	.19	.13
6 Pat/caress	.25	.35*	.12	.10	.13		.22	.07
7 Nourish	.15	−.08	−.14	−.13	.40**	.28*		.17
8 Caregive	.25	−.11	−.27	−.10	.41**	−.09	−.01

Note. The correlation coefficients of Birth (N=37) are presented above the diagonal, and the correlation coefficients of Adoptive (N=37) are presented below the diagonal.

^*p≤ .05;

^**p≤ .01;

^***p≤ .001