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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2014 Jun 23;28(4):505–515. doi: 10.1037/a0036986

Table 1.

Intercorrelations and Descriptive Statistics for the Study Measures

Study measures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1. Maternal empathy --- .18 .05 .10 .24 .09 .09
2. SCL-change, cry .15 --- .22 .34** .36** .02 −.04
3. SCL-change, laugh .05 .22 --- −.04 .04 .07 −.02
4. NEG-change, cry .09 .34** −.05 --- .63*** .24 −.02
5. NEG-change, laugh .20 .34** .05 .64*** --- .15 −.01
6. Sensitivity to distress .15 .10 .12 .28* .16 --- .53***
7. Sensitivity to non-distress .11 −.02 −.02 −.05 −.04 .41*** ---

N 64 62 62 64 64 58 64
Mean 2.88 1.39 1.67 .70 −.53 1.23 1.68
SD .60 1.81 1.60 .95 .77 .91 .44

Note. Bivariate intercorrelations are displayed above the diagonal; partial correlations controlling for child age, child gender and distress count are displayed below the diagonal. SCL = Skin conductance level; NEG = Self-reported negative emotion.

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001