Table 2.
Correlations Between Prenatal Predictors and Family Functioning at 1 Year Postpartum
Prenatal predictor (rater): | Family conflict
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Family cohesion
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Family companionship
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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.