Table 3.

Pearson correlations with variables of interest (Fathers)

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.
1. Child gender	1.00	−.02	−.14*	.05	.08	.00	.04	−.15*	−.02	.17
2. Parent Education		1.00	.08	.05	−.20**	−.10	.23**	.13	−.15	−.04
3. Nurturant Parenting			1.00	.24**	.05	.04	.06	.11	.004	.005
4. Dyadic Synchrony				1.00	.04	.005	−.15	.212*	−.18	.21*
5. Parents’ Executive Function					1.00	.12	−.16*	−.01	−.04	.24**
6. Optimism						1.00	−.33**	.07	.12	.19*
7. Distress							1.00	−.06	.10	−.32**
8. Easygoing Temperament								1.00	−.14	.15
9. Problem Behaviors									1.00	−.29**
10. Social Competence										1.00

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