Table 6.

Partial Pearson correlations between pragmatics skills (PS) and executive functions (EF) and intellectual quotient (IQ) controlling for age, gender, income, and education of the mother.

SC, sefl-control; Inhi, inhibition; WM, working memory; Flex, flexibility; Plan planning; Voca, vocabulary; VC, vioconstructive abilities; Educ., education of the mother. The shaded cells indicate a change in the level of significance in the correlations between PS, EF, or IQ after controlling the sociodemographic characteristics.

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01.