Table 3.

Bivariate correlations between parental negativity/positivity and child externalizing/internalizing problems: Z_r-based version of the Pearson–Filon (ZPF) test of differences in correlations

	Externalizing			Internalizing
	Adopted	Non-adoptive	Adoptive status ZPF	Adopted	Non-adoptive	Adoptive status ZPF
Father Negativity	0.47^***	0.44^***	0.24	0.14	0.21⁺	−0.49
Mother Negativity	0.32^**	0.33^**	−0.07	0.16	0.26^*	−0.77
Parent Gender ZPF	1.33	0.95		−0.08	−0.37
Father Positivity	−0.38^***	0.01	−2.62^**	−0.16	−0.21⁺	0.36
Mother Positivity	−0.29^**	−0.28^**	−0.07	0.01	−0.26^*	1.94⁺
Parent Gender ZPF	−0.74	2.09^*		−1.26	0.36

Note: Two-tailed p-values,

⁺

<0.10,

<0.05,

^**

<0.01,

^***

<0.001;

cross-informant ratings were used for externalizing/internalizing behaviours.