Table 2.

Pearson correlations with variables of interest (Mothers)

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.
1. Child gender	1.00	−.06	.06	.14	.05	.03	−.03	−.11	.12	.15
2. Parent Education		1.00	.07	.12	−.18*	.8	.01	.09	−.07	−.04
3. Nurturant Parenting			1.00	.16	.04	.01	−.12	−.19*	−.03	.13
4. Dyadic synchrony				1.00	.05	.06	0.12	.08	−.17	.15
5. Parents’ Executive Function					1.00	.05	−.12	−.12	.03	.13
6. Optimism						1.00	−.20**	.11	−.21**	.21**
7. Distress							1.00	−.09	.27**	−.18*
8. Easygoing Temperament								1.00	−.11	.02
9. Problem Behaviors									1.00	−.42**
10. Social Competence										1.00

Note: As both child gender and distress are dichotomous variables, the correlations presented here represent point-biserial correlation coefficients.