Table 3. Bivariate Correlations Between Couple Relationship Quality and Parent Talk.

Total sample	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Mother word count	—	.09	.67**	−.11	−.25*	−.26*	.01	−.05
2. Father word count		—	−.02	.69**	−.10	−.02	.04	−.13
3. Mother-initiated conversations			—	.13	−.13	.09	.11	−.06
4. Father-initiated conversations				—	−.08	.07	.07	−.15
5. Mother relationship quality					—	.81**	−.17	−.19
6. Father relationship quality						—	−.23*	−.31**
7. Mother depression scores							—	.07
8. Father depression scores								—