Spearman’s correlations with child’s socioemotional functioning at 6 weeks
Variable | SDQ emotional problems | SDQ conduct problems | SDQ hyperactivity | SDQ peer problems | SDQ prosocial behaviour | SDQ total |
Injury talk | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.07 |
Direct injury talk | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
Indirect injury talk | 0.11 | 0.05 | −0.04 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.06 |
Total injury talk with mother | 0.02 | −0.09 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.24 | −0.04 |
Direct injury talk with mother | −0.02 | −0.13 | 0.14 | −0.02 | 0.26* | −0.05 |
Indirect injury talk with mother | 0.00 | −0.08 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.19 | −0.06 |
Total injury talk with father | −0.12 | −0.15 | −0.07 | −0.03 | 0.24 | −0.16 |
Direct injury talk with father | −0.14 | −0.05 | 0.03 | −0.11 | 0.27* | −0.14 |
Indirect injury talk with father | −0.14 | −0.19 | −0.08 | −0.02 | 0.13 | −0.17 |
Overall injury talk tone | −0.10 | −0.03 | −0.12 | 0.11 | 0.20 | −0.07 |
Mother injury talk tone | −0.26 | −0.15 | −0.12 | −0.19 | 0.19 | −0.25 |
Father injury talk tone | −0.31 | −0.13 | −0.30 | −0.17 | −0.06 | −0.32 |
n=60.
*p<0.05, injury talk presented as percentage of wake time.
SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.