Table 3.

Partial Correlations Between Parent Specific Caregiver Self-Efficacy and Child Distress and Cooperation (Controlling for Child Age and Parent Social Desirability; N = 119).

Caregiver Self- Efficacy	Child Rating Child Distress	Parent Rating Child Distress	Nurse Rating Child Distress	Observer Rating Child Distress	Parent Rating Child Cooperation	Nurse Rating Child Cooperation	Observer Rating Child Cooperation
Calm before	−.07	−.21**	−.09	−.05	.20**	.09	.10
Calm during	−.24**	−.37*	−.22**	−.28*	.34*	.24*	.29*
Hide emotions	−.02	.04	.06	−.05	.10	.00	.01
Gain information	.05	−.11	.03	−.03	.01	−.02	.12
Child involved	.01	−.17	−.07	−.11	.12	.08	.11
Provide explanations	−.07	−.23**	−.12	−.18	.26*	.16	.27*
Total self-efficacy score	−.07	−.22**	−.08	−.17	.21**	.12	.19**

Note: For each task, self-efficacy was operationalized as the product of parents’ confidence ratings multiplied by their importance ratings.

^*P < .01.

^**P < .05.