Table 1.

Correlations, Ms, SDs, and Internal Validity Among Study Variables (N = 292)

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Financial stress	—	.55**	.31**	−.11	.20**	−.16**
2. General stress		—	.46**	−.14*	.38**	−.32**
3. Parent–child relationship problems			—	−.13*	.45**	−.35**
4. Academic readiness				—	−.25**	.16**
5. Psychological readiness					—	−.52**
6. Socioemotional readiness						—
M	2.03	2.56	1.49	.00^	1.59	4.17
SD	.92	.58	.37	.72	.39	.53
Range	1.00–5.00	1.07–4.21	1.00–3.15	−2.30–1.96	1.00–3.17	2.29–5.00
α	.75	.82	.70	—	.88	.90

Note.

^{^}Denotes standardized score due to differential scores within measures.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.