TABLE 3.
Correlations Among Parenting Measures at 6 and 15 Months, Social Risk at 6 Months, and the Infant's Cognitive Skills at 15 Months
Interactions: Maternal engagement | Interactions: Maternal harshness | Home maternal warmth | Home language and literacy | Reading: No. of different words | |||||||||||
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6 months | 15 months | Difference | 6 months | 15 months | Difference | 6 months | 15 months | Difference | 6 months | 15 months | Difference | 6 months | 15 months | Difference | |
Parenting | |||||||||||||||
6 months | .64** | −.44*** | .44*** | −.56*** | .30*** | −.67*** | .37*** | −.51*** | .47*** | −.37*** | |||||
15 months | .40*** | .50*** | .50*** | .61*** | .65*** | ||||||||||
Difference | |||||||||||||||
MDI | .11*** | .23*** | .05 | .13*** | −.23*** | −.04 | .22*** | .17*** | .00 | .22*** | .28*** | .07* | .16*** | .11*** | −.02 |
Risk | |||||||||||||||
Sum | −.27*** | −.32*** | −.05 | .29*** | .28*** | −.03 | −.28*** | −.24*** | .08** | −.36*** | −.25*** | .09* | −.17*** | −.10*** | .04 |
Mean | −.39*** | −.45*** | −.06 | .39*** | .39*** | −.02 | −.37*** | −.33*** | .08*** | −.45*** | −.35*** | .07* | −.26*** | −.21*** | .01 |
p < .05;
p < .01;
p < .001.