. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 18.

Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2007 Aug 21;31(1):71–80. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.07.001

Table 3.

Infant Temperament Differences for Depressed and Non-Depressed Mothers

			Infant Temperament (range of scores = 0-3)
Depression Status^*		N	M (SD)	p^**
2 Months	Yes	22	.86 (1.17)	.02^a
Postpartum	No	92	.39 (.85)
6 Months	Yes	21	1.00 (1.30)	.02^b
Postpartum	No	93	.37 (.79)

Note. indicates measurement of depression symptoms using the EPDS and a cut score of 12; women scoring ≥ 12 were categorized as depressed at either 2 or 6 months postpartum or both.

^**

indicates significance level using the following tests:

Wilcoxon = .02; Kruskal-Wallas = .02; Median = .02; Van der Waerden = .02; Savage = .02.

Wilcoxon = .02; Kruskal-Wallis = .02; Median = .04; Van der Waerden = .01; Savage = .00.