Table 3.
| a. Correlations among EF Variables | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 3 years | |||||||||||
| 1. Day/night Stroop | — | .19** | .40** | .38** | .06 | .30** | .20** | .17* | .34** | .28** | .12+ |
| 2. FIST | .19** | — | .13+ | .18** | .13+ | .25** | .13+ | .15* | .12+ | .23** | .17* |
| 3. Number recall | .38** | .13+ | — | .23** | .10 | .54** | .20** | .26** | .52** | .41** | .12+ |
| 4 years | |||||||||||
| 4. Day/night Stroop | .37** | .18** | .24** | — | −.02 | .23** | .18** | .15* | .34** | .16* | .06 |
| 5. FIST | .05 | .12+ | .11+ | −.05 | — | .07 | .09 | .11+ | .11+ | .13+ | .00 |
| 6. Number recall | .30** | .25** | .53** | .24** | .07 | — | .15* | .22** | .60** | .47** | .23** |
| 5 years | |||||||||||
| 7. Animal Stroop | .21** | .13* | .21** | .22** | .07 | .17* | — | .12+ | .18** | .30** | .16* |
| 8. FIST | .17* | .14* | .25** | .15* | .13+ | .22** | .12+ | — | .25** | .19** | .19** |
| 9. Number recall | .32** | .12+ | .53** | .35** | .12+ | .60** | .20** | .24** | — | .33** | .14* |
| 10. Head-to-Toes | .31** | .23** | .41** | .20** | .12+ | .47** | .34** | .19** | .34** | — | .31** |
| 11. DCCS-B | .13+ | .17* | .14* | .09 | −.01 | .25** | .18** | .19** | .16* | .34** | — |
| b. Correlations among ToM Variables | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 3 years | ||||||||||||||
| 1. Appearance reality distinction | — | .24** | .23** | .20** | .27** | .09 | .16* | .17** | .13* | .14* | .11+ | .18** | .12+ | .10 |
| 2. Unexpected contents | .24** | — | .18** | .31** | .12+ | .20** | .16* | .10 | .05 | .13* | .02 | .10 | .03 | .12+ |
| 3. Visual perspective taking | .23** | .18** | — | .15* | .29** | .16* | .22** | .17* | .14* | .21** | .15* | .17* | .10 | .18** |
| 4. Unexpected location – child | .20** | .30** | .15* | — | .32** | .23** | .23** | .30** | .27** | .28** | .22** | .20** | .20** | .20** |
| 4 years | ||||||||||||||
| 5. Appearance reality distinction | .27** | .12+ | .29** | .32** | — | .40** | .38** | .40** | .42** | .44** | .35** | .28** | .34** | .23** |
| 6. Unexpected contents | .09 | .20** | .16* | .23** | .40** | — | .39** | .34** | .37** | .20** | .28** | .34** | .20** | .25** |
| 7. Visual perspective taking | .16* | .16* | .22** | .24** | .38** | .39** | — | .35** | .34** | .34** | .30** | .45** | .29** | .25** |
| 8. Unexpected location – child | .17** | .10 | .17* | .30** | .40** | .34** | .35** | — | .72** | .39** | .39** | .34** | .46** | .32** |
| 9. Unexpected location – puppet | .13* | .05 | .14* | .27** | .42** | .37** | .34** | .72** | — | .28** | .36** | .27** | .32** | .31** |
| 5 years | ||||||||||||||
| 10. Appearance reality distinction | .13* | .13+ | .21** | .29** | .44** | .20** | .35** | .39** | .28** | — | .32** | .24** | .39** | .28** |
| 11. Unexpected contents | .11+ | .02 | .15* | .22** | .35** | .28** | .30** | .39** | .36** | .32** | — | .31** | .51** | .31** |
| 12. Visual perspective taking | .18** | .10 | .16* | .20** | .28** | .34** | .44** | .34** | .27** | .24** | .31** | — | .25** | .15* |
| 13. Unexpected location – puppet | .12+ | .03 | .10 | .22** | .34** | .20** | .30** | .46** | .33** | .40** | .51** | .25** | — | .41** |
| 14. Second order false belief | .10 | .12+ | .18** | .21** | .23** | .25** | .26** | .32** | .31** | .28** | .32** | .14* | .42** | — |
Note: Partial correlations controlling for PPVT-3yr are above the diagonal
p < .10
p < .05
p < .01