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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2010 Dec;24(6):709–720. doi: 10.1037/a0021688

Table 2.

Correlations Between Prenatal Predictors and Family Functioning at 1 Year Postpartum

Prenatal predictor (rater): Family conflict
Family cohesion
Family companionship
Parenting adolescent report Mother report Younger sibling report Parenting adolescent report Mother report Younger sibling report Parenting adolescent report Mother report Younger sibling report
Younger sibling is girl −.04 .18 −.08 .07 −.16 −.11 .08 −.03 .04
Younger sibling age .11 −.04 .11 −.07 .09 .01 −.09 .00 −.21
Pregnancy planned (pregnant adolescent) −.14 −.22 .09 .23 .27* .05 .29* .24 −.05
Preparations for baby (pregnant adolescent) .27* .22 .18 −.19 −.27* −.28* −.23 −.36** −.14
Family financial difficulty (mother) .13 .31* −.07 −.19 −.10 −.08 −.11 −.13 −.06
Expected family stress (pregnant adolescent) −.05 −.08 .02
Expected family stress (mother) .19 −.24* −.19
Expected family stress (younger sibling) .23 −.12 −.30*
Familistic attitudes (pregnant adolescent) −.09 −.11 −.01
Familistic attitudes (mother) −.32** .32** .13
Familistic attitudes (younger sibling) −.38** .17 .32*
Status attained by childbearing (pregnant adolescent) −.16 .20 .05
Status attained by childbearing (mother) −.11 .17 .21
Status attained by childbearing (younger sibling) −.18 .12 .26*
Traditional gender roles (pregnant adolescent) −.08 .14 .16
Traditional gender roles (mother) −.21 .19 .20
Traditional gender roles (younger sibling) −.04 .13 .28*
Mothers’ acculturation (mother) .10 .07 .15 .05 −.18 −.21 .08 −.10 −.26*
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.