TABLE 5.
Regressions Predicting Maternal Sensitivity From Postnatal Predictors
| Sensitivity to Distress | Sensitivity Total Task | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | β | R2Δ | B | SE | B | R2Δ | |
| 1. Depressive symptoms | −.12 | .12 | −.10 | .01 | −.13 | .04 | −.28** | .39** |
| Observed distress | −.01 | .16 | −.01 | −.32 | .05 | −.51** | ||
| 2. Distress Detection | .00 | .01 | .03 | .22** | .01 | .00 | .14 | .08** |
| Empathy | .43 | .20 | .28* | .11 | .07 | .18 | ||
| Negative emotions | .41 | .27 | .19 | .03 | .09 | .03 | ||
| Infant-oriented goals | .05 | .02 | .25* | .01 | .01 | .13 | ||
| 3. Distress X Detection | −.04 | .04 | −.14 | .02 | −.01 | .01 | −.12 | .16** |
| Distress X Empathy | .39 | .63 | .33 | .07 | .17 | .14 | ||
| Distress X Negative emotions | −1.09 | .85 | −.19 | −.49 | .19 | −.22** | ||
| Distress X Goals | −.01 | .06 | −.01 | .09 | .02 | .45** | ||
| Total R2 | .25** | .59** | ||||||
| F for Model | 2.86 | 15.79 | ||||||
Note: N = 101, n = 97 for sensitivity to distress.
p < .05;
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