Development of the Comprehensive General Parenting Questionnaire for caregivers of 5-13 year olds

Table 3 Correlations between the five general parenting constructs and parent personality and child BMI z-scores

Measure		Mean ( SD)	Nurturance	Structure	Behavioral control	Overprotection	Coercive control
Big Five	Extraversion	5.19 (1.26)	0.27**	0.24**	0.08**	−0.09**	−0.17**
	Agreeableness	5.86 (0.73)	0.42*	0.31**	0.14**	0.02	−0.21**
	Conscientiousness	5.06 (1.19)	0.14**	0.35**	0.18**	0.13**	0.02
	Openness to experience	4.78 (1.11)	0.29**	0.21**	0.06*	−0.06*	−0.18**
	Neuroticism	3.25 (1.16)	−0.20**	-0.30**	0.05*	0.18**	0.32**
Parenting	Nurturance	4.46 (0.40)	-	-	-	-	-
	Structure	3.84 (0.45)	0.49**	-	-	-	-
	Behavioral control	4.00 (0.49)	0.33**	0.18**	-	-	-
	Overprotection	2.55 (0.55)	0.01	−0.06*	0.22**	-	-
	Coercive control	2.06 (0.50)	−0.37**	−0.32**	0.27**	0.37**	-

Note: n = 1482; missing parent personality n = 4; missing child age n = 11; 62-item parenting questionnaire; *p ≤ 0.05 (two-sided), **p ≤ 0.01 (two-sided).

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