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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2015 Sep 2;86(6):1794–1811. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12417

Table 2.

Bivariate Pearson Correlations Between Temperament Facets at age 9, 18, and 27 Months

9 Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
    1. Activity Level
    2. Distress to Limitations .36***
    3. Distress to Novelty .16*** .38***
    4. Duration of Orienting −.09* −.26*** 0
    5. Smiling/Laughter 0.02 −.20*** −.13*** .33***
    6. Soothability 0.01 −0.06 0.03 .21*** .29***
18 Months
    7. Activity Level .40*** .35*** .19*** −.14*** 0.03 −0.05
    8. Anger .27*** .47*** .29*** −.11* −.17*** −.13** .46***
    9. Fear 0.08 .19*** .41*** −0.08 −.17*** −0.04 0.01 .27***
    10. Interest −.11** −.18*** −.10* .42*** .25*** .12** −.31*** −.17*** −.10*
    11. Pleasure 0.02 −.11** −.11** .24*** .67*** .19*** .19*** −.10* −.34*** .27***
27 Months
    12. Activity Level .38*** .32*** .13** −0.04 0.07 0.01 .68*** .38*** 0.01 −.20*** .18***
    13. Anger .28*** .45*** .21*** −.11* −.12** −0.04 .43*** .69*** .16*** −.19*** −0.08 .46***
    14. Fear 0.06 .14*** .33*** −0.05 −.16*** 0 0 .22*** .65*** −0.11 −.27*** −0.03 .20***
    15. Interest −.10* −.15*** −0.03 .38*** .27*** .17*** −.24*** −0.08 −0.06 .69*** .27*** −.21*** −.20*** −0.08
    16. Pleasure 0.04 −.11** −0.09 .21*** .61*** .21*** .13*** −.11** −.26*** .17*** .69*** .22*** −0.06 −0.42 0.22
***

p < .001.

**

p < .01.

*

p < .05.