Table 1 Zero-order correlations (below the diagonal), partial correlations (controlling for child age; above the diagonal) between the key study variables and descriptive statistics (N = 160)

1. Sex^a

–

–

.02

− .19*

− .07

− .03

.13

.05

2. Age^b

− .03

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3. Hot IC

.01

.18*

− 

.18*

.07

− .00

.15

.26**

4. Cool IC

− .24**

.27**

.23**

–

.01

.17^#

.06

.22**

5. M-security

− .03

− .05

.07

.03

–

.51***

.07

.18*

6. F-security

− .04

− .05

− .01

.14^#

.49**

–

.02

.20*

7. SES^c

.13

.10

.16^#

.08

.07

.01

–

.28***

8. Verbal ability

.02

.53**

.27**

.27**

.14^#

.16*

.29**

–

M

–

123.29

1.02

0.77

47.93

7.21

8.86

26.49

SD

–

16.53

1.71

0.13

6.47

5.25

2.39

6.07

Range

–

96–152

0.00–16.58

0.12–0.96

29–60

0–20

2.75–11.25

11–38