Table 3. Correlations between pre-adoption child-, parent-, and family-related characteristics and parenting stress 6 months post-adoption (N = 143).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Child characteristics
1. Age	—
2. Gender	.18*	—
3. Special needs	.19*	−.03	—
Parent characteristics
4. Maternal age	.31**	.18*	.05	—
5. Education	−.01	.21*	−.10	.17*	—
6. Income	.05	.12	-.01	.08	.14	—
7. Depression	−.12	−.16	.17*	−.01	−.20*	−.17*	—
Expectations of:
8. Behavior/emotional problems	.33**	.20*	.25**	.13	−.02	.05	−.15	—
9. Child acceptance	−.25**	.15	−.18*	−.09	.07	−.02	−.11	−.37**	—
10. Developmental problems	.29**	.29**	.14	.12	−.13	.01	−.03	.71**	−.22**	—­­­­
11. Health Problems	.33**	.18*	.35**	.15	−.22**	.01	−.11	.42**	−.15	.43**	—
Family-related characteristics
12. Social support	−.07	−.01	−.03	−. 24**	.03	−.03	−.02	−.07	.21*	−.06	−.11	—
13. # of children	.22**	.19*	.13	.13	−.12	.12	−.21*	.30**	−.09	.25**	.27**	−.14	—
14. PSI-SF-TS	.02	.11	.12	.10	−.01	.03	.19*	.30**	−.17*	.20*	.14	−.19*	.27**	—
M	1.37	0.61	0.38	38.04	3.33	4.28	0.04	2.14	3.57	2.19	2.32	3.38	1.05	68.34
SD	1.53	0.49	0.49	5.12	0.81	1.36	0.10	0.37	0.36	0.46	0.60	0.43	1.08	15.38

Note. Depression = Brief Symptom Inventory depression subscale; PSI-SF-TS = Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, Total Stress score; Education range = 1–4; Income range = 1–6; Depression range = 0–4; Expectation scales range = 1–4, with higher scores indicative of greater expectations of problems. For the expectations of child acceptance scale, higher scores indicate greater expectations for the child to be accepted by family, friends, and community; PSI-SF-TS range = 36–180; M = mean; SD = standard deviation.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01.