Psychology: Research and Review
Table 2 Correlation between mother and child behaviors in the interactive situation
From: Mother-child interaction: implications of chronic maternal anxiety and depression
Mother | Infant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Involvement | Interaction | Positive affect | Negative affect | |
rho (p value) | rho (p value) | rho (p value) | rho (p value) | |
Sensitivity | 0.68 (0.000)* | 0.45 (0.004)* | 0.41 (0.011)* | − 0.22 (0.193) |
Cognitive stimulation | 0.57 (0.000)* | 0.44 (0.006)* | 0.51 (0.001)* | − 0.17 (0.301) |
Positive affect | 0.67 (0.000)* | 0.48 (0.003)* | 0.52 (0.001)* | − 0.26 (0.109) |
Negative affect | − 0.58 (0.000)* | 0.27 (0.107) | − 0.16 (0.348) | 0.43 (0.007)* |
Disengagement | − 0.59 (0.000)* | 0.41 (0.010)* | − 0.43 (0.006)* | 0.36 (0.028)* |
Intrusiveness | − 0.50 (0.001)* | 0.32 (0.048)* | − 0.17 (0.299) | 0.24 (0.145) |