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Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2004 Mar;18(1):225–236. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.18.1.225

Table 4.

Predicting Change in Psychological Distress Across the Transition to Parenthood From Household Task Variables (N = 94)

	Step
Household task variable	1	2	3	4
T1 distress	.533^***	.530^***	.539^***	.534^***
PT/FT		−.242^**	−.248^**	−.277^**
T1 HHT			−.076	−.032
ΔHHT			.156	.113
Sat. HHT				.170^†
Fair. HHT				.207
ΔR²	.284^***	.058^**	.018	.032
R²	.284^***	.343^***	.361^***	.351^***

Note. Values are unstandardized regression coefficients. PT/FT = part-time/full-time; HHT = household tasks; ΔHHT = change in household tasks; Sat. = satisfaction; Fair. = fairness.

^†

p < .10 (marginally significant).

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.