Table 3.
Correlations among Maternal Variables (Partial Correlations Controlling for Total Talk are in Parentheses)
| Conversation codes | Dimensions of affective and behavioral support | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statement elaborations |
Question elaborations |
Repetitions | Affirmations | Total Talk |
Supportive presence |
Respect autonomy |
Structure and limit |
Quality of instruction |
|
| Statement elaborations |
- | .28 (−.63**) | .17 (−.39*) | .40* (.57**) | .67** | .33^ (.10) | .19 (−.11) | .40* (.18) | .37* (−.05) |
| Question elaborations |
- | .59**(.24) | .79** (.24) | .82** | .31^ (.05) | .29 (.06) | .24 (−.11) | .47** (.26) | |
| Repetitions | - | .48**(−.14) | .59** | -.09 (−.34^) | -.06 (−.30^) | -.11 (−.39*) | .06 (−.20) | ||
| Affirmations | - | .89** | .51** (.43*) | .43* (.28) | .46** (.27) | .58** (.48**) | |||
| Total talk | - | .35^ | .34^ | .39* | .41* | ||||
| Supportive presence |
- | .54** | .59** | .60** | |||||
| Respect for autonomy |
- | .48** | .46* | ||||||
| Structure and limit |
- | .67** | |||||||
| Quality of instruction |
- | ||||||||
^
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < .01