Table 1.
Bivariate correlations among the four conflict types, length of conflict, perceptions of the conflict as unresolved, and children’s behavior problems
Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
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1 | % PSCE conflicts | .28 | .33 | |||||||||
2 | % PSPE conflicts | .65 | .36 | −.27** | ||||||||
3 | % CSPE conflicts | .18 | .34 | .02 | −.15 | |||||||
4 | % CSCE conflicts | .41 | .46 | .09 | .30** | −.75** | ||||||
5 | Length of conflict | 3.34 | 2.12 | .24** | .04 | .10 | .21* | |||||
6 | Parent’s perception of conflict as unresolved | 2.64 | 1.00 | .12 | .11 | .09 | .05 | .38** | ||||
7 | Child’s perception of conflict as unresolved | 2.30 | .88 | .02 | .10 | .13 | −.07 | .23** | .50** | |||
8 | Oppositional defiant behaviors | 1.63 | .65 | .10 | .02 | .04 | .09 | .26** | −.01 | .11 | ||
9 | Conduct disorder behaviors | 1.32 | .49 | .07 | −.02 | .01 | .08 | .18* | −.07 | .05 | .89** |
PSCE parent started, child ended; PSPE parent started, parent ended; CSPE child started, parent ended; CSCE child started, child ended; N = 138
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