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Children’s characteristics |
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Age (in months) | Chronological age | 89.59 | 26.57 | 53.58 | 9.33 | −6.973*** |
| Developmental age | 52.38 | 10.27 | 52.47 | 10.06 | .032 |
| Developmental verbal age | 48.34 | 15.76 | 49.27 | 14.10 | .235 |
CARS-T | Developmental non-verbal age | 56.45 32.44 | 14.43 5.46 | 54.24 / | 16.51 / | −.542 |
Personality (max = 9) | Extraversion | 5.25 | 2.00 | 5.09 | 1.94 | −.285 |
| Agreeableness | 5.88 | 1.17 | 6.75 | 1.15 | 2.629* |
| Conscientiousness | 5.67 | 1.57 | 5.73 | 1.38 | .158 |
| Emotional stability | 5.26 | 1.04 | 5.99 | 1.08 | 2.392* |
| Openness | 5.79 | 1.77 | 6.46 | 1.54 | 1.432 |
Maternal characteristics |
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Age (in years) | 38.08 | 5.12 | 35.25 | 4.17 | −.231* | |
Openness to emotional processes (max = 4) | REPCOG | 2.69 | .73 | 2.87 | .79 | .869 |
| COMEMO | 2.29 | .71 | 2.25 | .78 | −.201 |
| PERINT | 2.08 | .71 | 2.07 | .82 | −.007 |
| PEREXT | 2.03 | .99 | 2.08 | .72 | .262 |
| REGEMO | 2.05 | .74 | 2.09 | .75 | .238 |
| RESNOR | 1.96 | .60 | 1.97 | .68 | .057 |
Paternal characteristics |
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Age (in years) | 44.23 | 9.19 | 38.36 | 6.06 | −1.976* | |
Openness to emotional processes (max = 4) | REPCOG | 2.75 | .58 | 2.80 | .61 | .249 |
| COMEMO | 1.48 | .76 | 1.81 | .65 | 1.292 |
| PERINT | 2.01 | .66 | 1.81 | .63 | −.837 |
| PEREXT | 1.77 | .82 | 2.09 | .62 | 1.211 |
| REGEMO | 2.66 | .71 | 2.78 | .55 | .526 |
| RESNOR | 1.72 | .91 | 1.89 | .82 | .526 |