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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2014 Aug 9;37(4):571–582. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.07.001

Table 2. Correlations.

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Demographics
1. Mother's Age - .31 .16 .38 -.18 -.28 .08 .20 .06 -.10 .08 .02 -.04 -.04 -.07 -.10 -.09 -.12 .09 .13 .17
2. Country of Origin - .18 .66 -.18 -.19 -.04 .06 .07 -.01 .04 .09 -.04 .11 -.11 -.14 -.17 .02 .16 -.02 .04
3. Years in US - -.24 .14 -.06 -.01 .29 -.02 -.03 .02 -.04 .07 -.07 -.09 -.19 -.13 -.11 .02 .26 -.06
4. Preferred Language - -.19 -.23 -.03 .19 -.01 .04 .03 .19 -.19 .09 -.15 -.11 -.15 .02 .14 -.03 -.08
5. Marital Status - .03 -.17 -.07 -.13 -.06 -.07 .01 .02 -.09 .16 .12 .08 .01 -.00 .12 -.15
6. Mother's Education - .24 -.17 .02 -.02 -.10 -.06 .03 .09 .14 .11 .03 .06 .07 -.05 .04
7. Family's Annual Income - .03 .09 -.03 -.07 -.08 .16 .09 -.07 .01 .08 .11 -.08 -.01 -.10
8. # Supported by Income - -.04 -.03 .03 -.03 -.09 -.04 -.09 -.15 -.09 .02 -.01 -.15 .12
Infant and Mother Health
9. Infant Gender - .03 .01 -.05 .09 -.03 -.03 .03 .01 -.03 .10 .03 .12
10. Gestational Age - .50 -.07 -.06 .06 .02 -.11 -.07 .03 .07 .04 -.18
11. Birth Weight - -.04 -.03 -.05 .06 -.08 -.03 .03 .28 .20 -.12
12. 5 Minute APGAR - -.26 .05 .06 .02 -.02 .08 .10 .09 -.03
13. # Days in Hospital - -.02 -.04 -.03 .08 -.03 .09 .02 -.03
14. Mother Medical Condition - .00 .00 -.11 .08 .01 -.36 -.13
Key Study Variables
15. HSI family stress - .22 .22 -.03 -.11 .26 -.03
16. Temperamental Surgency - .42 -.05 -.06 .04 -.04
17. Temperamental Negativity - -.03 -.26 .03 -.15
18. Maternal Sensitivity - -.04 -.03 .12
19. Self-Comforting Behaviors - .08 -.08
20. Orienting Behaviors - -.21
21. Change in Distress -
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Note. Bolded values are significant at the p<.05 level. Pairwise deletion was used; n's ranged from 41 to 295. Variables were coded as follows: Country of origin, 0=US, l=Other; Preferred Language, 0=English, l=Spanish; Marital Status, 0=Married or Living together, l=other; Infant gender, 0=Boy, 1=Girl.