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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Dev. 2014 Aug 5;33:40–55. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.07.001

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