Table 3.
Relations between children’s adjustment and parental elaborative style (all N=40)
| Mothers
|
Fathers
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal | External | Internal | External | |
| Positive Events | ||||
| Emotional | ||||
| Elabs | .09 | −.07 | .06 | .32* |
| Evals | .06 | .04 | .00 | .33* |
| Reps | −.20 | −.07 | −.08 | .23 |
| Factual | ||||
| Elabs | .00 | −.06 | .03 | .27 |
| Evals | −.14 | .01 | .06 | .19 |
| Reps | −.10 | −.13 | −.04 | .17 |
| Negative Events | ||||
| Emotional | ||||
| Elabs | .14 | .01 | .29+ | .20 |
| Evals | −.18 | −.09 | .19 | .41** |
| Reps | .14 | .07 | .42** | .39* |
| Factual | ||||
| Elabs | −.07 | −.30+ | −.26 | −.23 |
| Evals | −.30+ | −.26 | −.19 | −.15 |
| Reps | −.06 | −.28+ | −.18 | −.07 |
+
p<.10.
*
p<.05.
**
p<.01.