Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for parenting cognitions (CODQ) and principles (BCQ) by infant birth status.

	Preterm infants			Term infants
	Birth	5 months	r	Birth	5 months	r
	M (SD)	M (SD)		M (SD)	M (SD)
CODQ
Categorical	1.63 (0.34)	1.82 (0.29)	0.52***	1.69 (0.33)	1.74 (0.29)	0.35**
Perspectivist	2.77 (0.34)	2.91 (0.32)	0.50***	2.91 (0.35)	3.00 (0.34)	0.55***
Complexity	3.07 (0.25)	3.05 (0.22)	0.50***	3.11 (0.27)	3.13 (0.24)	0.50***
BCQ
Structure	2.76 (0.27)	2.76 (0.29)	0.27	2.64 (0.35)	2.66 (0.38)	0.66***
Attunement	2.87 (0.26)	2.90 (0.30)	0.57***	2.96 (0.34)	2.98 (0.35)	0.63***

Note. Ns for the preterm and term sample were 41 and 64, respectively.

^**p < 0.005.

^***p < 0.001.