Table 6.

Zero-order and Partial Correlations between Parental Ratings of Temperament and Thin Slice Ratings of Personality Dimensions

	Thin Slice Ratings of Personality Dimensions
Zero-Order Correlation	Extraversion	Openness	Conscientiousness	Neuroticism	Agreeableness
Anger/Frustration	0.04	0.01	−0.13*	0.05	−0.11
Approach	0.17**	0.14**	0.02	−0.05	0.32**
Falling Reactivity/Soothability	−0.00	0.00	0.08	−0.03	0.07
Fear	0.01	0.01	0.07	−0.05	0.06
High Intensity Pleasure	0.21**	0.20**	−0.10	−0.08	−0.04
Low Intensity Pleasure	0.09	0.08	0.14*	−0.14*	0.15*
Sadness	0.12	0.11	0.07	−0.04	0.02
Shyness	−0.18**	−0.12	0.01	0.10	0.01
Smiling and Laughter	0.10	0.07	0.13*	0.03	0.10
Partial Correlation	Extraversion	Openness	Conscientiousness	Neuroticism	Agreeableness
Anger/Frustration	0.02	0.03	−0.06	0.02	−0.04
Approach	0.20**	0.17*	−0.02	−0.08	0.01
Falling Reactivity/Soothability	−0.00	−0.02	0.11	0.01	0.08
Fear	0.01	0.03	0.06	−0.04	0.05
High Intensity Pleasure	0.22**	0.21**	−0.03	−0.17*	0.03
Low Intensity Pleasure	0.11	0.09	0.11	−0.09	0.13
Sadness	0.12	0.12	0.02	−0.00	−0.03
Shyness	−0.19**	−0.12	−0.01	0.14*	−0.01
Smiling and Laughter	0.12	0.07	0.16*	0.03	0.10

Partial correlations account for child age, sex, and family income-to-needs ratio

^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed);

^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)