Table 2. Correlational analysis of harsh discipline, emotional and behavioral problems and parental psychopathology.
Mean | SD | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | |
1. CBCL† emotional sumscore at age 3‡ | 5.09 | 3.86 | 1 | |||||||||
2. CBCL† behavioral sumscore at age 3‡ | 8.79 | 5.27 | 0.61** | 1 | ||||||||
3. CBCL† emotional sumscore at age 6 | 5.41 | 5.24 | 0.49** | 0.40** | 1 | |||||||
4. CBCL† behavioral sumscore at age 6 | 6.92 | 6.05 | 0.35** | 0.54** | 0.66** | 1 | ||||||
5. BPI¥ emotional sumscore at age 6 | 57.95 | 12.08 | 0.08** | 0.07** | 0.10** | 0.08** | 1 | |||||
6. BPI¥ behavioral sumscore at age 6 | 51.84 | 10.56 | 0.03* | 0.13** | 0.07** | 0.18** | 0.30** | 1 | ||||
7. Maternal harsh discipline | 2.16 | 1.91 | 0.22** | 0.35** | 0.19** | 0.26** | 0.05* | 0.09* | 1 | |||
8. Paternal harsh discipline | 1.80 | 1.81 | 0.20** | 0.37** | 0.12** | 0.23** | 0.02 | 0.11* | 0.38* | 1 | ||
9. Maternal psychopathology | 3.33 | 5.39 | 0.32** | 0.30** | 0.28** | 0.26** | 0.05* | 0.04* | 0.30* | 0.12* | 1 | |
10. Paternal psychopathology | 2.68 | 4.39 | 0.30** | 0.28** | 0.16** | 0.17** | 0.06* | 0.06* | 0.12* | 0.26* | 0.28* | 1 |
Child Behavior Checklist (parent report).
Mean of mother and father score on the internalizing/externalizing scale.
Berkeley Puppet Interview (child self-report).
** p-value <0.001.
* p-value <0.05.