Table 2.

Partial correlations between kindergarten playfulness and outcome variables for boys (upper diagonal; n = 135) and girls (lower diagonal; n = 143) across grades.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Playfulness	–	013	−001	406**	396**	−295**	289**	308**	361**	402**
2. Disruptive (SR)	009	–	298**	−299**	256*	−317**	043	041	019	283**
3. Disruptive (PR)	−010	225*	–	−258*	097	−306**	−307**	046	155*	362**
4. Disruptive (TR)	018	279**	−236*	–	362**	−405**	−328**	−015	313**	340**
5. Social competence (SR)	107	−105	−102	008	–	−326**	288**	−014	290**	−296**
6. Social competence (TR)	−031	−287**	−405**	−279**	284**	–	−264*	−023	279*	−311**
7. Social status (PR)	156*	−104	−089	−213*	062	−295**	–	088	275*	−288**
8. Class clown (SR)	019	007	061	245*	027	−039	068	–	296**	315**
9. Class clown (PR)	004	095	273**	256*	091	−088	310**	297**	–	−322**
10. Class clown (TR)	−023	276**	288**	278**	046	−294**	335**	023	−288**	–

Decimals omitted; covariates of experience in preschool, number of brothers and sisters, birth order controlled.

SR, self-rated; TR, teacher-rated; PR, peer-rated.

^**p < 0.001;

^*p < 0.01.