Table 3.
Results of standard linear regressions testing unique variance in maternal caregiving behavior accounted for by mentalisation involving self versus mentalisations involving child (N = 47)
| Sensitivity to Cues | Response to Distress | Social-Emotional Growth | Cognitive Growth | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Contingent | Total | Contingent | Total | Contingent | Total | Contingent | |||||||||
| R2a | β b | R2a | β b | R2a | β b | R2a | β b | R2a | β b | R2a | β b | R2a | β b | R2a | β b | |
| Child age | .03 | .17 | .01 | .08 | .08* | -.30* | .05 | -.24 | .02 | -.15 | .00 | .07 | .04 | .20 | .06† | .26† |
| Child gender | .03 | .16 | .01 | -.13 | .00 | .00 | .00 | -.01 | .02 | -.16 | .00 | -.07 | .12a | -.36a | .04 | -.22 |
| Maternal depression | .02 | -.16 | .02 | .16 | .03 | -.20 | .00 | -.03 | .01 | -.11 | .04 | -.24 | .01 | .10 | .00 | .03 |
| Self-focused RF | .10* | .37* | .07† | .31† | .00 | .01 | .06† | -.28† | .08* | .33* | .05 | .27 | .08* | .34* | .10* | .37* |
| Child-focused RF | .01 | -.08 | .00 | -.07 | .02 | -.18 | .00 | -.01 | .05 | .25 | .05 | .25 | .00 | -.02 | .00 | .06 |
a
Unique R2
b
Standardized beta weights
†
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < .01, *** p < .001 (two-tailed)