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Published in final edited form as: J Early Child Teach Educ. 2021 Aug 8;43(1):148–166. doi: 10.1080/10901027.2021.1962442

Table 6.

Correlations between Sense of Community (SOC) Ratings, Knowledge Exchange Statements (Adoption and Sharing), and Center-wide Engagement

		Year 1			Year 2
		Knowledge Adoption	Knowledge Sharing	Center-wide Engagement	Knowledge Adoption	Knowledge Sharing	Center-wide Engagement
Directors	SOC NF	.66^**	.66^**	.16	.56^*	.50⁺	.17
	SOC MS	.26	.26	.45⁺	.53^*	.47⁺	.41^++ 1
	SOC IN	.61^*	.61^*	.09	.63^*	.70^**	.11
	SOC EC	.43	.43	.35	.44	.36	.28
	SOC Total	.60^**	.60^**	.31	.57^**	.53^*	.28
Teachers	SOC NF	.45^**	.35^*	−.05	.83^**	.77^**	.24
	SOC MS	.51^**	.61^**	−.03	.75^**	.76^**	.39^*
	SOC IN	.65^**	.38^**	−.24	.72^**	.64^**	.22
	SOC EC	.61^**	.63^**	−.13	.71^**	.76^**	.20
	SOC Total	.51^**	.46^**	−.09	.80^**	.76^**	.28

Note:

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p < .10 one-tailed

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p < .10 two-tailed

p < .05 two-tailed

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p < .01 two-tailed

Note: SOC NF = Sense of Community Needs Fulfillment, SOC MS = Sense of Community Membership, SOC IN = Sense of Community Influence, SOC EC = Sense of Community Emotional Connection

When director and teacher scores are combined, the correlation between SOC and center engagement is significant, r = .328, p < .05