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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Midwifery Womens Health. 2016 Jan 15;61(1):68–76. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.12364

Table 4.

Predictors of Peritraumatic Dissociation in Labor

Predictors Beta P
Step 1: Predisposing Factors: Child Maltreatment (R2= .022, R2Δ = .022, p= .001)
 Child maltreatment history .147 .001
Step 2: Predisposing Factors: Socioeconomic Risk (R2= .029, R2Δ = .008, p= .127)
 Child maltreatment history .149 .001
 Age .096 .042
 Unemployment .035 .451
Step 3: Predisposing Factors: Psychopathology (R2= .115, R2Δ = .086, p= <.001)
 Child maltreatment history 0.35 .759
 Age .112 .013
 Unemployment −.003 .942
 Lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis .133 .008
 Past year depression diagnosis .151 .001
 Trait dissociation .168 <.001
Step 4: Precipitating Factors (R2= .147, R2Δ = .032, p= .001)
 Child maltreatment history .023 .614
 Age .090 .050
 Unemployment −.027 .546
 Lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis .110 .027
 Past year depression diagnosis .146 .001
 Trait dissociation .126 <.001
 Cesarean birth .034 .428
 Neonatal intensive care unit transfer −.020 .639
 Labor appraisal as traumatic .115 .009
 Perception of care questionnaire score −.120 .006