Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Age, M (SD) | 30.58 (4.48) |
| Nationality: German, n (%) | 691 (95.6) |
| Education: ≥ 12 years of school education, n (%) | 525 (72.4) |
| Marital status: married or in a partnership, n (%) | 577 (79.6) |
| Parity: primiparous, n (%) | 432 (59.6) |
| Maternal childhood maltreatment | |
| Sexual abuse: CTQ subscale ≥ 6, n (%) | 83 (11.4) |
| Physical abuse: CTQ subscale ≥ 8, n (%) | 60 (8.3) |
| Emotional abuse: CTQ subscale ≥ 9, n (%) | 129 (17.8) |
| Physical neglect: CTQ subscale ≥ 8, n (%) | 160 (22.1) |
| Emotional neglect: CTQ subscale ≥ 10, n (%) | 189 (26.1) |
| Maternal postpartum mental health | |
| Depression: BDI-II ≥ 14, n (%) | 94 (13.0) |
| Anxiety: SCL-90-R anxiety subscale > 2, highest quartile, n (%) | 146 (20.1) |
Total sample N = 725 (percentages are calculated from valid cases); M mean; SD standard deviation