Table 5.

Multivariate linear regressions modelling parenting competence by mental health variables (N = 284)

	Parenting competency domains (PSOC)
	Parenting satisfaction				Parenting efficacy
	b	SE	β	t	b	SE	β	t
	F(19,283) = 14.15***, R2 = .51				F(19,283) = 19.36***, R2 = .58
PID-5-BF Personality traits
Negative affect	−.05	.12	−.03	−.44	−.33	.13	−.17	−2.59*
Detachment	−.10	.14	−.05	−.70	−.27	.15	−.12	−1.75
Antagonism	.05	.15	.02	.33	.25	.16	.07	1.62
Disinhibition	−.36	.13	−.17	−2.86**	−.31	.13	−.13	−2.35*
Psychoticism	.20	.12	.11	1.72	.08	.13	.04	.60
MSI-BPD BPD features	.03	.16	.01	.18	.00	.17	.00	.00
MHI-5 Psychological wellbeing	.36	.08	.29	4.42***	.42	.09	.29	4.82***
CTQ-SF Trauma history
Emotional abuse	.00	.09	.00	.01	.00	.09	.00	.01
Physical abuse	.08	.08	.07	1.08	.09	.08	.06	1.06
Sexual abuse	.07	.06	.07	1.30	−.05	.06	−.04	−.78
Emotional neglect	−.15	.12	−.09	−1.21	−.03	.13	−.02	−.24
Physical neglect	.07	.11	.04	.64	.11	.12	.06	.90
RQ Attachment style
Secure	.08	.20	.02	.38	−.80	.21	−.20	−3.81***
Fearful	.02	.21	.01	.09	−.08	.22	−.02	−.34
Pre-occupied	.10	.18	.03	.58	−.14	.19	−.03	−.73
Dismissing	−.01	.18	−.00	−.06	−.39	.19	−.10	−2.07*
PFRQ Reflective capacity
Non-mentalizing	−1.66	.39	−.23	−4.22***	−2.71	.42	−.33	−6.52***
Certainty about mental states	2.21	.29	.36	7.61***	1.13	.31	.16	3.69***
Interest/curiosity in mental states	.60	.40	.07	1.49	−.02	.43	−.00	−.05

Notes. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001. b = unstandardized regression coefficient, SE standard error of the mean, β standardised regression coefficient, R² amount of variance accounted for in the dependent variable by each model. PSOC Parenting Sense of Competency Scale, PID-5-BF Personality Inventory for DSM-5 – Brief Form, MHI-5 Mental Health Inventory, CTQ-SF Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form, RQ Relationships Questionnaire, PRFQ Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire