The characteristics and factors of the internalizing and externalizing behaviours of children at high risk for autism spectrum disorder

Table 3 Bivariate Associations Between the Main Study Variables and Behaviours Problems

Variable	Age	PSI	BAPQ	C-pos	C-negative	P-pos	P-neg	Inter-	Exter-	D-rec
Age	–
PSI	−0.037	–
BAPQ	−0.019	− 0.067	–
C-pos	−0.044	− 0.068	0.043	–
C-neg	−0.177	0.210*	−0.151	− 0.420**	–
P-pos	0.031	−0.108	0.093	0.831**	−0.312**	–
P-neg	0.059	0.426**	−0.015	− 0.324**	0.352**	− 0.253*	–
Inter-	0.120	0.103	−0.065	− 0.346**	0.071	− 0.379**	0.205*	–
Exter-	0.121	0.147	−0.110	−0.468**	0.442**	−0.399**	0.252*	0.560**	–
D-rec	−0.052	− 0.078	0.129	0.833**	−0.359**	0.753**	−0.357**	− 0.322**	− 0.483**	–
P-limit	−0.092	0.118	0.078	0.001	0.110	−0.010	0.166	−0.126	−0.067	− 0.108

0.2 < r < 0.4 low correlations, 0.4 < r < 0.6 moderate correlations, 0.6 < r < 0.8 high correlations
C-pos Child positive engagement, C-neg Child negative engagement, P-pos Parent positive engagement, P-neg Parent negative engagement, Inter- Internalizing behaviours, Exter- Externalizing behaviours, D-rec Dyadic reciprocity, P-limit Parent limit setting
**P < 0.01; *P < 0 .05

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