Table 4.
Correlations between maternal and child speech by group.
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| r(58) | p | r(58) | p | r(58) | p | r(58) | p | r(58) | p | r(58) | p | |
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| Affect | .02 | .95 | −.27 | .25 | −.12 | .62 | −.30 | .20 | −.19 | .42 | .02 | .96 |
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| Information | .22 | .35 | .08 | .75 | .27 | .26 | .21 | .37 | −.23 | .34 | .21 | .38 |
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| Child Names | .12 | .62 | −.11 | .66 | .35 | .13 | −.37 | .11 | −.16 | .49 | .34 | .15 |
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| Other | −.12 | .63 | .12 | .60 | .10 | .69 | −.16 | .51 | .01 | .97 | .24 | .30 |
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| Total | .17 | .46 | −.03 | .92 | .21 | .38 | .03 | .90 | −.26 | .27 | .34 | .15 |
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| Direct statements | −.27 | .25 | −.03 | .91 | .14 | .57 | −.28 | .23 | −.11 | .65 | .21 | .37 |
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| Questions | .35 | .13 | .21 | .37 | .36 | .12 | .10 | .66 | −.22 | .35 | .29 | .22 |
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| Descriptions | .24 | .30 | −.01 | .99 | .13 | .60 | .54 | .01 | −.10 | .68 | .23 | .34 |
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| Referent |
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| Child action | −.17 | .49 | .01 | .98 | .08 | .76 | −.31 | .19 | −.20 | .39 | .13 | .59 |
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| Child state | .34 | .14 | −.05 | .83 | −.09 | .72 | −.13 | .57 | −.08 | .74 | −.18 | .45 |
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| Mother | .30 | .29 | −.13 | .59 | .09 | .70 | −.33 | .15 | −.06 | .80 | .07 | .78 |
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| Environment | .27 | .26 | .18 | .46 | .18 | .44 | .50 | .03 | −.06 | .79 | .15 | .53 |