Table 3 Correlations among socioeconomic status, marital conflict, parenting practice, and child social competence and adjustment (n = 1604)

Time 1—Preschool

 Socioeconomic status

  1. Family income

–

  2. Maternal education level

–

  3. Paternal education level

–

 Marital conflict

  4. Destructive marital conflict

–

  5. Constructive marital conflict

–

 Parenting practice

  6. Negative parenting practices

–

  7. Positive parenting practices

–

 Child social competence

  8. Social skills

–

 Child adjustment

  9. T1 internalizing problems

–

  10. T1 externalizing problems

–

Time 2—First grade

 Child adjustment

  11. T2 internalizing problems

–

  12. T2 externalizing problems

–