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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlations among the variables

From: Callous-unemotional traits and externalizing problem behaviors in left-behind preschool children: the role of emotional lability/negativity and positive teacher-child relationship

Variables

 M

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

1 Gender

0.51

0.50

1

     

2 Age

4.21

0.84

-0.01

1

    

3 CU traits

2.07

0.41

0.10*

-0.09*

1

   

4 Emotional LN

1.77

0.56

0.07

-0.03

0.54**

1

  

5 EPBs

0.58

0.32

0.11*

-0.04

0.64**

0.61**

1

 

6 Positive TCR

3.86

0.62

-0.09*

-0.01

-0.69**

-0.46**

-0.56**

1

  1. N = 525. Gender was a virtual encoding variable, Boy = 1, Girl = 0. CU traits, callous-unemotional traits; Emotional LN, emotional lability/negativity; Positive TCR, positive teacher-child relationship; EPBs, externalizing problem behaviors
  2. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01