Table 4.
Descriptive statistics of maternal supportive behaviors
| Absolute Frequency | Conditional Probability of co-occurence during Child Exploratory Play |
Conditional Probability of co-occurence during Child Symbolic Play |
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| Down syndrome |
Typical development |
Down syndrome |
Typical development |
Down syndrome |
Typical development |
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| M | SD | M | SD | t | M | SD | M | SD | t(1,46) | M | SD | M | SD | t(1,46) | |
| Widening | 4.30 | 4.52 | 2.67 | 4.23 | 1.34 | .04 | .04 | .02 | .03 | 1,30 | .07 | .13 | .04 | .07 | .84 |
| Proposition | 7.33 | 6.64 | 4.71 | 6.41 | 2.60 | .05 | .04 | .02 | .07 | 1,32 | .04 | .08 | .03 | .10 | .31 |
| Control of attention | 2.70 | 5.08 | 3.62 | 5.92 | .37 | .10 | .17 | .09 | .18 | .10 | .07 | .16 | .05 | .11 | .45 |
| Control of action | 15.26 | 13.21 | 15.67 | 21.54 | −.08 | .09 | .07 | .14 | .14 | −1,48 | .11 | .15 | .09 | .17 | .24 |
| Restriction | 3.37 | 3.72 | 3.05 | 5.05 | .24 | .02 | .02 | .02 | .05 | −.13 | .02 | .04 | .04 | .12 | −.72 |
| Unengagement (Default) | .71 | .26 | .65 | .38 | 1,54 | .66 | .35 | .60 | .40 | .52 | |||||