Table 5. Summary of Results From HLM Analyses: Fetal Coupling1.
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| Model Variables | F Value | β | F Value | Sex | β | F Value | β | F Value | Sex | β | |
| 1 | Negative Mood 1st Session | 7.22** | .09 | 9.53** | F** | .19 | 2.32 | .01 | .08 | F | .01 |
| M | −.01 | M | .01 | ||||||||
| 2 | Cortisol 1st Session | 3.63 | .03 | 1.42 | F | .01 | 8.20** | −.01 | 5.14* | F | −.01 |
| Ma | .05 | M** | −.02 | ||||||||
| 3 | Negative Mood 1st Session | 9.21** | .11 | 5.21* | F* | .22 | .60 | .01 | .21 | F | .01 |
| M | .03 | M | .00 | ||||||||
| Cortisol 1st Session | 3.32 | .03 | 2.22 | F | .00 | 9.20** | −.02 | .17 | F | −.01 | |
| M* | .05 | M** | −.02 | ||||||||
| 4 | Negative Mood 1st Session | 12.43*** | .11 | 15.93*** | F*** | .23 | 3.87a | .02 | .52 | F | .02 |
| M | −.01 | M | .01 | ||||||||
| Diastolic BP 1st Session | 6.43** | .00 | 4.13* | F** | −.01 | .02 | .00 | 1.53 | F | .00 | |
| M | .00 | M | .00 | ||||||||
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All models controlled for maternal age, pre-pregnancy BMI, and pregnancy complications, and are significant at a Likelihood-ratio test of p < .001.
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p < .10.
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p < .05.
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p < .01.
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p < .001.