Cross-sectional study of social behaviors in preschool children and exposure to flame retardants

Table 2 Spearman correlation coefficients describing the bivariate associations between demographic information, flame retardant exposure, and social behaviors

Variable	Gender	Age	Family Context	Adverse Exper.	ln ΣPBDE	ln ΣOPFR	Communication	Cooperation	Assertion	Responsibility	Empathy	Engagement	Self-control	Externalizing	Internalizing
Gender	1
Age	.06	1
Family Context	− .09	.09	1
Adverse Exper.	.03	.07	− .38**	1
ln ΣPBDE	.08	.13	− .22^†	.14	1
ln ΣOPFR	.14	.02	− .15	.02	.24*	1
Communication	.24*	.46**	.27*	− .19	− .12	− .10	1
Cooperation	.24*	.27*	.24*	− .22*	.06	− .10	.77**	1
Assertion	.15	.49**	.22*	− .13	− .33**	.09	.65**	.40**	1
Responsibility	.24*	.33**	.32**	− .20^†	.05	− .20^†	.83**	.89**	.47**	1
Empathy	.17	.37**	.16	− .19^†	− .12	− .01	.69**	.52**	.57**	.56**	1
Engagement	.13	.39**	.29**	− .23*	− .17	.06	.76**	.53**	.70**	.60**	.58**	1
Self-control	.12	.39**	.39*	− .27*	− .20^†	.05	.77**	.62**	.66**	.64**	.74**	.62**	1
Externalizing	− .17	− .07	− .26*	.33**	.09	.26*	− .63**	− .78**	− .19^†	− .74**	− .42**	− .41**	− .53**	1
Internalizing	.20^†	− .03	− .28**	.33**	.14	.09	− .35**	− .27**	− .12	− .26*	− .24*	− .32**	− .33**	.54**	1

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