Table 2.
Correlations between personally worried question and maternal description variables
| Maternal description variable | Personally worried: yes |
|---|---|
| Presence of unresolved threat | .393** |
| Absence of positive general comments | .059 |
| Presence of anxiety related word(s) | .503** |
| Suggestion of positive evaluation | −.206^ |
| Suggestion of negative evaluation | .221 |
| Overall maternal negativity: clear/consistent | .329** |
| Overall maternal positivity: none/minimal | .091 |
NB: All 2-tailed p-values, ^ = p < .1, * = p < .05, ** = p < .01