Table 1. Parents Report of Corporal Punishment and Child Externalizing Behaviors and Observed Harsh and Positive Parenting: Correlations and Descriptive Statistics (N = 218 families).
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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1. Mother's corporal punishment T1 | – | |||||||
2. Father's corporal punishment T1 | .58** | – | ||||||
3. Mother' harsh parenting T1 | .22** | .18** | – | |||||
4. Father's harsh parenting T1 | .16* | .25** | .21** | – | ||||
5. Mother's positive parenting T1 | -.10 | -.16* | -.46** | -.14 | – | |||
6. Father's positive parenting T1 | -.18* | -.23** | -.29** | -.35** | .51** | – | ||
7. Externalizing behaviors at T1 | .30** | .21** | .14* | .14* | -.16* | -.28** | – | |
8. Externalizing behaviors at T2 | .21* | .32** | .17* | .13 | -.13 | -.13 | .60** | – |
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M | 1.87 | 1.91 | 6.85 | 6.54 | 15.74 | 16.24 | 21.14 | 19.50 |
SD | .72 | .79 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.21 | 3.99 | 10.02 | 9.79 |
Range | 1 – 4 | 1 – 4 | 3 – 26 | 3 – 25 | 4 – 27 | 4 – 26 | 1 – 50 | 1 – 50 |
Note: T1 = Time 1 (age 2), T2 = Time 2 (age 3).
p< .05.
p< .01 (two-tailed).