Table 2. Intercorrelations Among Parenting and Child School Readiness Variables.
| Measure | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Parenting difficulties | - | ||||||||
| 2. Depression | .49** | - | |||||||
| 3. Parent-child conversation | -.29** | -.38** | - | ||||||
| 4. Beliefs about reading | -.23* | -.15 | .21* | - | |||||
| 5. Role construction | -.12 | -.10 | .17 | .67** | - | ||||
| 6. Home activities | -.17 | -.11 | -.25** | .34** | .21* | - | |||
| 7. Attention | -.19* | -.17 | .27** | .18 | .19* | .05 | - | ||
| 8. Learning behaviors | -.23* | -.18* | .28** | .22* | .17 | .08 | .80** | - | |
| 9. Class engagement | -.20* | -.18* | .30** | .26** | .21* | .18 | .76** | .81** | - |
| 10. Language/literacy skills | -.26** | -.21* | .15 | .25** | .15 | .07 | .57** | .65** | .72** |
Note. N = 117. Pearson's correlation coefficients are reported, except for bivariate correlations involving Home activities (6), for which Spearman's correlation is reported due to violation of the normality assumption.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01.