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Table 2 Variable Pearson Correlations, Means, and Standard Deviations

From: Child temperament, parent emotions, and perceptions of the child’s feeding experience

Variable

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Child Temperament

             

     1. Effortful control

1.00

            

     2. Surgency-extraversion

.09

1.00

           

     3. Negative affectivity

.15

.03

1.00

          

Parent Emotions

             

     4. Positive

.33

.15

-.04

1.00

         

     5. Negative

-.00

-.07

.29

-.01

1.00

        

Parent Feeding Strategies

             

     6. Teachable moments

.22

.02

.02

.17

-.06

1.00

       

     7. Practical methods

.15

.05

.01

.11

-.01

.60

1.00

      

     8. Restriction of junk foods/sweets

.14

.04

-.04

.12

-.04

.50

.53

1.00

     

     9. Enhanced Availability

.15

.03

-.07

.18

-.11

.68

.58

.57

1.00

    

Parent Feeding Problems

             

     10. Unappealing Characteristics

-.08

-.04

.14

-.14

.13

-.18

-.04

-.11

-.32

1.00

   

     11. Child attributions for dislike

-.05

-.04

.14

-.04

.13

-.15

-.00

-.14

-.27

.72

1.00

  

     12. External influences

-.04

-.07

.12

-.08

.12

-.07

-.02

-.13

-.15

.62

.56

1.00

 

     13. Competing parental demands

-.05

-.08

-.08

-.07

.12

-.13

-.06

-.12

-.23

.71

.65

.71

1.00

Mean

5.4

4.6

4.4

35.4

20.1

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.6

1.6

1.7

1.5

1.5

Range

2.4 - 7.0

1.8 - 6.7

1.1 - 6.8

12 - 50

10 - 50

1 - 3

1 - 3

1 - 3

1 - 3

1 – 2.9

1 - 3

1 - 3

1 - 3

Standard Deviation

0.7

0.7

0.8

7.7

7.3

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

  1. All coefficients with an absolute value of .08 or greater are significant at .05.