Table 3.
Domain 3: Consistency in means and relative standing of original and retrospective maternal reports of observed child and mother behaviors
| Original | Retrospective | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | M | SD | M | SD | t | r |
| Observed Behavior of Child | ||||||
| 5 months | 4.63 a | .01 a | ||||
| Babbling or cooing | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.37* |
| Fussing or crying | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.24 |
| Highest developmental level of sitting | .36 | .22 | .53 | .25 | 3.68*** | .24 |
| Highest developmental level of moving | .33 | .22 | .54 | .24 | 5.57*** | .42** |
| 20 months | 1.93 a | .12 a | ||||
| RDLS Pointing to objects | 6.51 | 1.81 | 6.44 | 1.64 | −.20 | .10 |
| RDLS Following 2-step directions | 1.08 | 1.14 | 2.68 | 1.24 | 6.68*** | .20 |
| RDLS Developmental level of speech | 5.31 | 1.20 | 5.43 | .99 | .55 | .19 |
| RDLS Spoken words when presented with the object | 3.63 | 2.31 | 3.95 | 2.14 | .66 | .06 |
| Observed Behavior of Mother | ||||||
| 5 months | −.10 a | |||||
| Talking | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.05 |
| Social Play | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.12 |
| Encourage attention to mother | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.29 |
| Encourage attention to objects | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.10 |
| Overall style of directing your baby’s attention | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.03 |
| 20 months | .04 a | |||||
| Play demonstrations | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | −.07 |
| Play solicitations | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | .10 |
| Social play | -- | -- | -- | -- | n.a. | .11 |
Note. n.a.= statistic was not available because the means were not comparable.
a
Grand index.
*
p ≤ .05.
**
p ≤ .01.
***
p ≤ .001.