Table 2.

Correlations among Family, Psychological, and Asthma Variables

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.
1. Cohesion	--
2. Problem solvinga	−.16*	--
3. Communicationa	−.16*	.39**	--
4. Anxiety (PC)b	−.19**	.03	.05	--
5. Anxiety (TRF)c	−.11	−.01	−.10	.23**	--
6. Depression (PC)b	−.16*	.16*	.09	.66**	.05	--
7. Depression (TRF)c	−.09	.10	.11	.18*	.45**	.18*	--
8. Asthma severity	−.12	.03	.05	.08	.23**	.09	.34**	--
9. FSS	−.16*	−.07	.02	.15*	.003	.19**	.18*	.16*	--
10. Symptom QoLd	.03	.09	.04	.04	.03	−.01	−.20**	−.27**	−.12+	--
11. Child age	.06	−.04	.03	−.10	−.03	−.04	−.08	.02	−.12	.05	--
12. Child sex	−.09	.07	.09	.10	−.09	.19**	−.04	−.03	.06	.09	−.03	--
13. Med. adherence	.13	−.04	.03	−.04	−.06	−.04	−.20*	−.24	−.17*	.17*	−.02	.01	--

Note.

^aFamily Assessment Device scale scores: higher scores indicate worse family functioning.

^bAchenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL): higher scores indicate poorer functioning.

^cAchenbach Teacher Rating Form(TRF): higher scores indicate poorer functioning.

^dChild-report on Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ): higher scores indicate better symptom-related quality of life.

⁺p < .10,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001