TABLE 1.

Means and Standard Deviations for Study Variables

Variable	Total		Boys		Girls
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Teacher EC	4.49a	.94	4.27	.90	4.69	.92
Parent EC	4.77b	.76	4.61	.74	4.91	.75
Knock tap	0.59	.36	0.56	.36	0.61	.35
Gift wrap	0.57c	.41	0.51	.41	0.63	.41
Teacher closeness	4.38d	.56	4.29	.57	4.45	.54
Teacher conflict	1.81e	.83	1.94	.86	1.70	.78
Teacher avoidance	1.41	.56	1.43	.57	1.40	.55
Student avoidance	2.43	.53	2.47	.51	2.40	.55
Student liking	2.53	.53	2.52	.55	2.55	.52
Teacher liking	4.42f	.61	4.34	.63	4.49	.59

Note. EC = effortful control.

^aSex difference, t(802) = 6.54, p < .001.

^bSex difference, t(630) = 5.06, p < .001.

^cSex difference, t(785) = 4.09, p < .001.

^dSex difference, t(720) = 3.81, p < .001.

^eSex difference, t(692) = 3.88, p < .001.

^fSex difference, t(678) = 3.20, p < .01.