Relations of mother’s sense of coherence and childrearing style with child’s social skills in preschoolers

Table 2 Correlations between mother’s sense of coherence, mother’s childrearing, child’s social skills, and demographic characteristics

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Mother’s sense of coherence
1. Sense of coherence	–
Mother’s childrearing
2. Index of Child Care Environment	.25***	–
Child social skills
3. Cooperation	.12***	.10***	–
4. Self-control	.10***	.10***	.57***	–
5. Assertion	.10***	.10***	.66***	.57***	–
Demographic characteristics
6. Child’s sex	−.02	.02	.19***	.27***	.11***	–
7. Child’s age	.05	.01	.25***	.22***	.14***	.01	–
8. Mother’s age	.05	.01	−.01	.06	−.01	.01	.10**	–
9. Presence of father	.09**	.02	.09**	.09**	.06*	.01	−.02	.08**	–
10. Presence of siblings	.10**	−.05	.09**	.05*	.05*	.05	.00	.05***	.13***	–
11. Attending kindergarten	.06*	.03	.10***	.07*	.05*	−.03	−.04	.06*	.17***	.07*	–
12. Perceived family socioeconomic status	.22***	.08**	.06*	.07*	.10**	−.01	−.05	.07*	.13***	−.01	.07**	–

Variables were coded as follows: 1 sense of coherence, 2 Index of Child Care Environment, 3 cooperation, 4 self-control, 5 assertion, 6 child’s sex, 7 child’s age, 8 mother’s age, 9 presence of father, 10 presence of siblings, 11 attending kindergarten, 12 perceived family socioeconomic status
* p < .05
** p < .01
*** p < .001

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