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Published in final edited form as: Infancy. 2007 Jan 1;11(1):1–30. doi: 10.1207/s15327078in1101_1

TABLE 5.

Summary of Correlations Between Various Mother Behaviors and Child Engagement in Experiment 1, Experiment 2, and Lillard & Witherington (2004), Experiment 3.

	Experiment 1		Experiment 2		L&W

	All^a	Experienced Subgroup^b	Pretend^c	Real^c	All^d	Experienced Subgroup^e
Look frequency	.24^*	.32⁺	.31^*	.15	.31^*	.42^*
Smile frequency	.28^*	.27⁺	.50^*	.35^*	.22⁺	.35^*
Smile duration	−.10	.42^*	.58^*	.14	.23^*	.27⁺
Smile after own act	.25^*	.31⁺	.38^*	.12	.19⁺	.33^*
Number of words	.21⁺	.13	.19	.08	.22⁺	—
% references to scenario behavior	.28^*	.18	.33^*	.21	—	—
Shorter drink duration	−.30^*	−.42^*	NA	NA	.19⁺	.28⁺
No. of acts	.02	−.39^	.39^*	.17	—	—
No. of sound effects	.12	.02	.55^*	.01	—	—

Note. L & W = Lillard & Witherington (2004).

n = 54.

n = 27.

n = 37.

n = 52.

n = 28.

p ≤ .05.

⁺

.05 < p < .10.