Table 2.
Correlations for demographic, Child Temperament, Maternal Parenting, and Social Functioning variables
| Variables | Age | Gender | SES | Novelty Seeking |
Harm Avoidance |
Persistence | Positive Involvement |
Negative/ Ineffective Discipline |
Social Problems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | −.04 | -- | |||||||
| SES | .04 | .02 | -- | ||||||
| Novelty Seeking | −.01 | −.17** | −.24** | -- | |||||
| Harm Avoidance | .01 | .08 | −.06 | −.22** | -- | ||||
| Persistence | −.02 | .18** | .14** | −.54** | −.03 | -- | |||
| Positive Involvement | −.24** | .02 | .11* | −.28** | −.01 | .27** | -- | ||
| Negative/Ineffective Discipline | .10* | −.05 | −.19** | .35** | .05 | −.27** | −.40** | -- | |
| Social Problems | −.04 | −.15** | −.17** | .36** | .24** | −.28** | −.09 | .21** | -- |
| Social Competence | .13* | .08 | .29** | −.36** | .26** | .37** | .12* | −.18** | −.41** |
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.