Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for depressive and anxiety severity scores at five annual assessment waves prior to childbirth (time T).
| T-5 | T-4 | T-3 | T-2 | T-1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean (SD) | range | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| T-5 covariates | ||||||||
| Household poverty | 98 (54) | |||||||
| Teen mother expectancy | ||||||||
| Definitely won t | 32 (17) | |||||||
| Probably won t | 84 (45) | |||||||
| Probably will | 38 (20) | |||||||
| Definitely will | 34 (18) | |||||||
| T-5 through T-1 predictors | ||||||||
| Depression severity | 8.60 (4.79) | 8.44 (4.86) | 8.29 (4.72) | 7.84 (4.99) | 7.46 (5.06) | |||
| Anxiety severity | 5.30 (4.05) | 4.93 (3.83) | 5.03 (3.50) | 4.83 (3.70) | 4.84 (3.79) | |||
| Postpartum covariates | ||||||||
| Maternal age (years) | 17.61 (1.55) | 12–19 | ||||||
| Infant age (months) | 4.72 (1.80) | 2–10 | ||||||
| Postpartum mood | 5.05 (4.71) | 0–19 | ||||||
| Romantic partner | 129 (71) | |||||||
| Observed caregiving | ||||||||
| Sensitivity | 0 (1)1 | −2.95–1.40 | ||||||
| Hostile-intrusive | 0 (1) 1 | −1.39–3.81 | ||||||
| Mental state talk | 2.46 (.89) | 1–4 | ||||||
Note: T-5 through T-1 refers to data gathered 5 years prior to delivery through one year prior to delivery respectively.
1
Sensitivity and Hostile-Intrusive variables were derived from Principal Components Analysis.