Table 1.

Bivariate Associations Among Independent Variables (1-5) and Dental Caries (6)—Study 1 (Pearson Correlation Coefficients, N = 94 children)

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. SES		-.34***	-.23*	.17	-.41***	-.32**
2. Family Financial Stressors			.22*	-.10	.11	.09
3. Basal Salivary Cortisol Secretion				-.03	.13	.23*
4. Salivary Cortisol Reactivity					-.08	.03
5. Cariogenic Bacteria (Study 1)						.56***
6. Dental Caries (Study 1)

^†p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001