Table 2.

Means, SDs, and intercorrelations between the study’s variables for the entire sample (N = 140) and by group

		M	SD	Mother’s Mind-Mindedness	Child’s Externalizing Behaviors	Child’s Internalizing Behaviors
	Mother’s Anxiety	1.80	.55	.15	.55**	.47**
	Mother’s Mind-Mindedness	.51	.20	-	-.01	.02
	Child’s Externalizing Behaviors	32	6.33	-	-	.68**
	Child’s Internalizing Behaviors	42.26	6.60	-	-	-
COVID-19 Group (n = 53)
	Mother’s Anxiety	2.04	.60	-.06	.52**	.56**
	Mother’s Mind-Mindedness	.60	.20	-	-.05	-.06
	Child’s Externalizing Behaviors	33.45	7.19	-	-	.67**
	Child’s Internalizing Behaviors	43.77	7.39	-	-	-
Pre-COVID-19 Group (n = 87)
	Mother’s Anxiety	1.65	.46	.09	.53**	.33**
	Mother’s Mind-Mindedness	.46	.17	-	-.11	-.03
	Child’s Externalizing Behaviors	31.11	5.60	-	-	.64**
	Child’s Internalizing Behaviors	41.33	5.92	-	-	-

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