Table 2.

Correlation matrix of variables of interest in the present study

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1. Number of moves	–
2. ACE count	0.43∗	–
3. Days with birth parents	0.14∗	0.68∗	–
4. Days in care	0.06	0.40∗	0.39∗	–
5. Age at placement	0.13∗	0.66∗	0.92∗	0.68∗	–
6. Resp. age^	− 0.21∗	0.12∗	0.20∗	0.38∗	0.30∗	–
7. Child gender	− 0.05	0.00	0.11	− 0.13∗	0.03∗	− 0.17	–
8. Child age^	0.14∗	0.67∗	0.92∗	0.65∗	0.95∗	0.30∗	0.04	–
9. Child sibling (Y/N)^	0.19∗	0.16∗	0.14∗	0.01	0.13∗	− 0.08	− 0.06	0.09∗	–
10. Resp. marital status^	0.03	− 0.05	− 0.06	− 0.45∗	− 0.22∗	− 0.29∗	0.10	− 0.20∗	0.09	–
11. Resp. education^	− 0.17∗	− .14∗	− 0.09	− 0.11	− 0.12∗	0.10	− 0.19∗	− 0.13∗	0.06	− 0.04	–
12. Resp. income^	− 0.07	0.03	0.00	− 0.29∗	− 0.12∗	− 0.08	− 0.03	− 0.10	0.13∗	0.36∗	0.06	–
13. Resp. employment^	0.02	− 0.01	− 0.02	− 0.05	− 0.06	− 0.07	− 0.10	− 0.01	− 0.11∗	0.00	0.04	0.11∗	–
14. Internalizing problems	0.01	0.23∗	0.27∗	0.19∗	0.30∗	0.15∗	− 0.16∗	0.24∗	0.24∗	− 0.18∗	0.09	− 0.04	− 0.12∗	–
15. Externalizing problems	− 0.05	0.21∗	0.28∗	0.15∗	0.28∗	0.14∗	− 0.14∗	0.26∗	0.12∗	− 0.08	− 0.12∗	0.05	− 0.05	0.56∗	–
16. Prosocial behavior	0.08	0.14∗	0.13∗	0.02	0.09	− 0.07	0.30∗	0.14∗	− 0.13∗	0.16∗	0.05	− 0.05	0.17∗	− 0.29∗	− 0.39∗	–

*p < 0.05

^{^}At wave 1. The correlation coefficients were generated using an imputed dataset. Internalizing and externalizing problems, and prosocial behaviors are pooled across all four waves of the study. Child sibling was coded as 1 = yes, 0 = no and gender as 1 = male, 2 = female