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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2015 Oct 5;30(1):135–146. doi: 10.1037/fam0000156

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for father caregiving and play behaviors and determinants of father involvement

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1. Father Care T1 1.00
2. Father Care T2 .70** 1.00
3. Father Care T3 54*** .58*** 1.00
4. Father Play T1 .29*** .30*** .26*** 1.00
5. Father Play T2 .28*** .37*** .30*** .73*** 1.00
6. Father Play T3 .26*** .32*** .39*** .65*** .73*** 1.00
7. Father Role Ident .21*** .20*** .16*** .22*** .21*** .20*** 1.00
8. Father Dep. −.02 −.01 .05* −.05** −.04* −.04* −.05* 1.00
9. Mother Dep. .04* .04 .03 −.05** −.06** −.05* −.01 .22*** 1.00
10. Father MC −.03 −.06** −.04 −.11** −.10*** −.09*** −.15*** .27*** .18*** 1.00
11. Mother MC −.02 −.02 −.04* −.07** −.07*** −.08*** −.06** .16*** .33*** .41*** 1.00
12. Mother Play T1 .04* .04* .05*** .30*** .28*** .21*** .13*** −.01 .06** −.07*** −.08*** 1.00
13. Infant Gender .07*** −.08*** −.11*** .05* .06** .03 .01 −.03 −.03 −.01 .02 .05* 1.00
14. Infant Diff. Temp. −.04* .01 .02 −.03 −.05** −.04 −.04 .09*** .16*** .13*** .15*** −.05* −.04 1.00

Mean .03 2.21 2.13 1.67 1.93 1.81 3.54 3.31 4.17 .84 .75 2.67 .48 1.15
Standard Deviation .49 .48 .50 .59 .62 .58 .32 4.18 4.60 .50 .46 .96 .50 .55
Skewness −.96 −.74 −.69 .23 .24 .30 −.65 2.09 1.88 .56 .73 −.35 .10 .10
Kurtosis .96 .91 .66 −.17 −.35 −.07 .01 6.02 4.94 .52 1.20 −.59 −1.99 −.37

Note:

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001.

Diff. Temp = Infant Difficult Temperament, Ident = Identification, Dep = Depressive symptoms, MC = Marital Conflict. Infant gender is coded such that males = 0, females = 1.