Psychology: Research and Review
Table 2 Correlations between Sociodemographic and Clinical Dimensions and Pediatrician’s Communicative Behaviors towards the Child
Child’s age | Time since diagnosis | Guidance for child | Asks child about doubts | Child’s doubts | Protesting | Child’s schooling | Bonding with child | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time since diagnosis | r = -0.29 | |||||||
p < 0.01 | ||||||||
Guidance for child | r = 0.46 | r = -0.01 | ||||||
p < 0.01 | p = 0.37 | |||||||
Asks child about doubts | r = 0.45 | r = -0.05 | r = 0.64 | |||||
p < 0.01 | p = 0.11 | p < 0.01 | ||||||
Child’s doubts | r = -0.01 | r = 0.13 | r = 0.49 | r = 0.23 | ||||
p = 0.76 | p = 0.73 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | |||||
Protesting | r = -0.32 | r = 0.18 | r = 0.17 | r = -0.14 | r = 0.15 | |||
p = 0.01 | p = 0.03 | p < 0.01 | p = 0.26 | p = 0.27 | ||||
Child’s schooling | r = 0.81 | r = -0.26 | r = 0.52 | r = 0.50 | r = 0.24 | r = -0.17 | ||
p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p = 0.02 | p = 0.05 | |||
Bonding with child | r = -0.12 | r = 0.23 | r = 0.44 | r = 0.28 | r = 0.38 | r = 0.13 | r = 0.13 | |
p = 0.41 | p = 0.02 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p = 0.62 | p = 0.25 | ||
Obtaining information from the child | r = 0.54 | r = -0.11 | r = 0.64 | r = 0.57 | r = 0.24 | r = -0.10 | r = 0.62 | r = 0.30 |
p < 0.01 | p = 0.04 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p = 0.03 | p = 0.27 | p < 0.00 | p = 0.01 |