Table 1.
Domain 1: Consistency in means and relative standing of original and retrospective maternal reports of mother cognitions
| Original | Retrospective | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | α | M | SD | α | M | SD | t | r |
| 5 months | 2.19a | .37 a | ||||||
| Satisfaction with parenthood-employment balance | -- | 3.63 | .98 | -- | 3.53 | 1.20 | −.59 | .56*** |
| Satisfaction with childcare arrangements | -- | 4.46 | .96 | -- | 4.24 | .80 | −1.16 | .18 |
| Support from the child’s father | -- | 3.70 | .63 | -- | 4.40 | .94 | 4.76*** | .30* |
| Support from my family and relatives (mother’s mother) | -- | 2.19 | 1.65 | -- | 2.86 | 1.49 | 2.56* | .40** |
| Support from the family and relatives of the child’s father (mother-in-law) | -- | 1.43 | 1.50 | -- | 2.43 | 1.68 | 5.20*** | .68*** |
| Support from child’s pediatrician | -- | 2.84 | 1.00 | -- | 3.67 | .97 | 4.60*** | .26 |
| Support from friends or neighbors | -- | 1.89 | 1.32 | -- | 2.89 | 1.63 | 3.85*** | .33* |
| Support from an organized course, class, or group | -- | .40 | .95 | -- | .63 | 1.33 | 1.26 | .48*** |
| Support from books, magazines, newspapers | -- | 3.18 | 1.06 | -- | 3.00 | 1.46 | −.76 | .24 |
| 20 months | −.19 a | .34 a | ||||||
| SPPR Investment | .74 | 3.02 | .79 | .72 | 3.17 | .75 | 1.10 | .36* |
| SPPR Competence | .74 | 3.98 | .58 | .86 | 3.90 | .80 | −.74 | .56*** |
| SPPR Role Balance | .66 | 3.70 | .66 | .79 | 3.85 | .78 | 1.14 | .26 |
| SPPR Satisfaction | .61 | 4.72 | .33 | .86 | 4.52 | .64 | −2.26* | .39** |
| 48 months | −1.96 a | .29 a | ||||||
| Satisfaction with parenthood-employment balance | -- | 3.76 | .82 | -- | 3.82 | 1.09 | .40 | .63*** |
| Satisfaction with childcare arrangements | -- | 4.62 | .56 | -- | 4.24 | .79 | −2.37* | .22 |
| Mother’s perceived influence on the child | .89 | 5.35 | .54 | .91 | 4.85 | .71 | −3.92*** | .20 |
Note: -- = single item, or Cronbach alpha not appropriate.
a
Grand index.
*
p ≤ .05.
**
p ≤ .01.
***
p ≤ .001.