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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2019 Sep;47(9):1547–1558. doi: 10.1007/s10802-019-00535-4

Table 2.

Correlations among all major study variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Sadnessa
2. Irritabilitya 0.34***
3. Sleep qualitya −0.07*** −0.05**
4. Baseline impairment 0.07*** 0.21*** −0.06***
5. Baseline ODD symptoms 0.09*** 0.32*** −0.09*** 0.45***
6. Baseline depressive symptoms 0.11*** 0.15*** −0.06*** 0.09*** 0.12***
7. Child sex 0.06*** 0.04* 0.01 0.002 −0.05** 0.09***
8. Child age −0.10*** −0.06** 0.12*** 0.16*** 0.05** 0.01 −0.02
9. Child race/ethnicity 0.07*** −0.001 0.07*** 0.04** 0.06*** 0.03 −0.04* −0.03
10. Parent education 0.06*** 0.01 −0.01 −0.03 0.11*** 0.10*** −0.03 0.12*** 0.24***
11. Parent marital status −0.001 0.07*** −0.01 −0.09*** 0.13*** 0.06*** −0.13*** −0.08*** 0.27*** 0.36***
12. Total time spent away from the parenta −0.11*** −0.12*** 0.05** −0.02 −0.10*** −0.06*** 0.02 0.10*** −0.07*** 0.06*** −0.18***
Mean 1.59 1.49 4.01 1.36 14.19 15.79 4.20 3.01
SD 2.55 2.09 0.79 0.62 3.84 1.73 0.80 4.00

N = 291 participants. Sadness reflects combined sadness and tearfulness variables. Irritability reflects combined irritability and tantrum variables.

a

Reflects mean value across all 14 diary days; IRS = Impairment Rating Scale; ODD = oppositional defiant disorder. Child sex: 0 = male, 1 = female. Child race/ethnicity: 0 = non-White or Hispanic, 1 = non-Hispanic White. Parent education: 0 = both parents have less than a 4-year college degree, 1 = at least one parent with a 4-year college degree. Parent marital status: 0 = not married or living together, 1 = married or living together

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001