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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2010 Jun;44(3):386–396. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.04.004

Table 2.

Correlations among mother and father report of Positive Emotionality (PE), Negative Emotionality (NE), and Constraint (CN).

N = 273

Mother PE Father PE Mother NE Father NE Mother CN Father CN

TBAQ CBQ IPQ TBAQ CBQ IPQ TBAQ CBQ IPQ TBAQ CBQ IPQ TBAQ CBQ IPQ TBAQ CBQ IPQ
Mother PE
 TBAQ --
 CBQ .39*** --
 IPQ .21* .39*** --
Father PE
 TBAQ .29 *** .11 .23* --
 CBQ .10 .39 *** .22* .44*** --
 IPQ .13 .22* .49 *** .36** .30** --
Mother NE
 TBAQ −.06 .07 −.14 .01 .04 −.13 --
 CBQ −.11 −.06 −.29** .01 .00 −.19* .48*** --
 IPQ −.05 .06 −.50*** −.26* −.09 −.36*** .28** .52*** --
Father NE
 TBAQ .05 .08 .04 .00 .03 −.20 .40 *** .20** .16 --
 CBQ −.07 −.06 −.15 −.01 −.04 −.21* .12 .35 *** .32** .44*** --
 IPQ .06 −.01 −.18* −.21* −.23* −.49*** .20* .22* .37 *** .29* .33** --
Mother CN
 TBAQ .29*** .31*** .22* .13* .12 .15 −.12* .02 −.03 −.13* .04 .08 --
 CBQ .09 −.05 .18* .04 −.10 .08 −.32*** −.54*** −.39*** −.21** −.19* −.09 .17* --
 IPQ .24* .02 .40*** .33** .01 .23* −.24* −.33*** −.51*** −.07 −.30** −.27** .12 .52*** --
Father CN
 TBAQ .27*** .10 .23* .41*** .27*** .28* −.15* .05 −.26* −.13* .02 .24* .41 *** .07 .01 --
 CBQ .09 −.09 .17 .04 −.20** .22* −.23** −.31*** −.35** −.43*** −.41*** −.26** .14* .48 *** .45*** .20** --
 IPQ .22* .01 .14 .31** .12 .31** −.35** −.30** .19* −.30* −.37*** −.53*** .13 .31** .44 *** .18 .49*** --
*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

Coefficients in bold are mother-father agreement correlations for the Big Three traits.