Table 2.
Zero-Order Correlations: Observed Illness Behavior Items, Temperament, and Covariates
Y 21 somatica |
Y 21 sick daysb |
Y 21 medb | Y 30 somatica |
Y 30 sick daysb | Y 30 medb | |
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Temperament | ||||||
Y 9 emot | .12** | −.02 | .04 | −.01 | .08 | .07 |
Y 9 soc | −.12* | −.02 | −.06 | − .04 | −.11 | −.11+ |
Y 21 emot-F | .40*** | .18*** | .26*** | .19** | .10 | .24*** |
Y 21 emot-A | .12** | .06 | .07 | .10 | .01 | .01 |
Y21soc | −.13** | −.07+ | −.15*** | −.03 | −.02 | .04 |
Covariates | ||||||
Sexc (.50=Female) |
.28*** | .09* | .13** | .25** | .18** | .18** |
Family typec (.50=Control) | −.05 | .01 | −.03 | −.02 | −.04 | −.05 |
Adoptedc (1 = Adoptee) | .01 | −.01 | .02 | .01 | .03 | .09 |
Y 9 illnessesd | .13** | .07 | .04 | .22** | .11 | .09 |
Y 9 doctor visitsd | .02 | .05 | −.04 | .14* | .01 | −.05 |
Y 9 stress | .01 | .03 | .02 | .03 | −.09 | −.04 |
Parent educ | −.03 | .01 | .01 | −.02 | .12* | .03 |
Parent occup | −.01 | .02 | .03 | .01 | .08 | .06 |
Y 9 age | −.01 | −.04 | .00 | −.05 | −.08 | .03 |
Y 21 age | −.10* | −.10* | −.07 | .08 | −.06 | −.07 |
Y 30 age | .07 | .07 | −.10 | .03 | .03 | .07 |
Note. All were pairwise zero-order correlations. Ns ranged from 405 to 533 (Year 21) and from 210 to 270 (Year 30). All p values were two-tailed. emot-F = emotionality-fearfulness; emot-A = emotionality-anger.
Pearson-product correlation coefficients.
Spearman correlation coefficients for rank-ordered categorical variables.
Effects-coded variable.
Log-transformed variable.
p < .10.
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .001.