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Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychobiol. 2012 Jul 6;55(7):707–718. doi: 10.1002/dev.21066

Table 2.

Prenatal Cortisol and Maternal Self-Reported Distress Correlations¹

	Cortisol change (Recovery– Acclimate)	Prenatal State Anxiety (STAI)	Postnatal State Anxiety (STAI)	Prenatal Depression (CES-D)	Postnatal Depression (CES-D)	Prenatal Perceived Stress (PSS)	Postnatal Perceived Stress (PSS)
Prenatal Cortisol (Acclimate)	−.31^**	.04	−.03	.13	.12	.12	.11
Cortisol change (Recovery – Acclimate)		.05	.14	.11	.11	.20	.09
Prenatal State Anxiety (STAI)			.57^**	.45^**	.33^**	.48^**	.47^**
Postnatal State Anxiety (STAI)				.32^**	.52^**	.51^**	.52^**
Prenatal Depression (CES-D)					.49^**	.65^**	.50^**
Postnatal Depression (CES-D)						.40^**	.73^**
Prenatal Perceived Stress (PSS)							.55^**

The value is expressed as r, where r is Spearman correlation.

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