Table 2.

Content of explanation as a function of situation type.

	Situation type
	Moral harm	Prudential	Pragmatic
Disorder	0.00a	0.04a	0.25b***
Evaluation	0.13	0.21	0.16
Feelings/desires	0.00	0.05	0.07
Harm to child	0.00a	0.44b	0.01a***
Harm to others	0.63a	0.00b	0.01b***
Property ownership	0.02	0.01	0.05
Rule	0.11	0.17	0.11
Sanction	0.09	0.06	0.05
Other reason	0.20a	0.29a,b	0.45b***

The table shows number of situations in which the mother used a particular explanation type divided by the number of situations in which a mother used any explanation, calculated separately for each domain. P-values are adjusted for multiple tests using Holm’s (1979) procedure. Cells with different subscripts differ significantly (adjusted p < 0.05). *** Situation effect is significant (adjusted p <.001).