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

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**

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