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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2010 Jan-Feb;81(1):270–289. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01394.x

Table 3.

Bivariate Correlations among Age, Gender, Stress Reactivity and Adaptive Functioning

1 Age 2 Gender 3 RSA 4 CORT 5 ADV 6 EXT-F 7 PRO-F 8 SE-F 9 ACA-F 10 EXT-S 11 PRO-S 12 SE-S
1 Age ----
2 Gender −.16** ----
3 RSA .02 .00 ----
4 CORT −.06 .00 −.02 ----
5 ADV .02 −.15** .05 −.02 ----
6 EXT-F .05 −.27*** .12* .14* .29*** ----
7 PRO-F .00 .35*** .06 −.03 −.09 −.50*** ----
8 SE-F .00 .21*** −.04 −.13* −.25*** −.52*** .45*** ----
9 ACA-F .00 .14* −.07 −.09 −.02 −.17** .38*** .35*** ----
19 EXT-S .07 −.31*** .08 .10 .31*** .75*** −.46*** −.46*** −.14** ----
11 PRO-S −.01 .39*** .07 −.06 −.19*** −.48*** .71*** .43*** .24*** −.61*** ----
12 SE-S .03 .19*** .00 −.14* −.26*** −.47*** .44*** .59*** .22*** −.55*** .54*** ----
13 ACA-S .04 .11* −.05 −.09 .01 .13* .31*** .28*** .74*** −.16** .28*** .30***
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Notes. p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001. RSA = RSA reactivity; CORT = Cortisol reactivity; -F = Fall; -S = Spring; EXT = Externalizing symptoms; PRO = Prosocial behavior; SE = School Engagement; ACA = Academic Competence.