. 2020 Oct 14;29(5):1409–1419. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13196

Table 3.

Hierarchical regression coefficients (beta weights) for fear of childbirth COVID‐19‐related childbirth anxiety

	COVID−19 related childbirth anxiety				Fear of childbirth
	r	β	t	∆R ²	r	β	t	∆R ²
Step 1
Age	−0.12^*	−0.07	1.22	0.088^***	−0.05	−0.03	0.47	0.088^***
Education	−0.07	−0.05	1.08		0.04	0.06	1.14
Economic status	−0.07	−0.05	0.88		−0.03	0.002	0.04
Physical health	−0.12^**	−0.16	3.21^***		−0.21^***	−0.21	4.29^***
Trimester ^a	0.1	0.14	2.77^**		−0.04	0	0.01
Parity ^b	−0.08	−0.07	1.32		−0.09	−0.11	1.96^*
Fertility treatments ^c	0.02	−0.01	0.24		0.02	−0.06	1.09
At‐risk pregnancy ^d	0.11^*	0.09	1.87 ^†		0.16^***	0.15	3.02^**
Ethnic group ^e	0.19^***	0.19	3.36^***		0.08	0.09	1.78 ^†
Step 2
Self‐compassion	−0.15^**	−0.16	3.36^***	0.043^***	−0.24^***	−0.24	4.91^***	0.053^***
Step 3
Social support	−0.09	0.060‐	1.13	0.007	−0.14^**	−0.1	1.94 ^†	0.008
Step 4
Fear of infection	0.58^***	0.38	7.46^***	0.325^***	0.41^***	0.28	4.70^***	0.114^***
Concern for fetus	0.54^***	0.29	5.83^***	0.325^***	0.29^***	0.09	1.58	0.114^***
Step 5
Self‐compassion X Social support		−0.02	0.56	0		−0.14	2.96^**	0.016^**
R ²				47.2				27.9
F (14, 388)				24.80^***				10.71^***

^{^a}

0 = trimesters 1 and 2, 1 = trimester 3.

^{^b}

0 = primiparous, 1 = multiparous.

^{^c}

0 = spontaneous pregnancy, 1 = pregnancy following fertility treatments.

^{^d}

0 = regular, 1 = at‐risk.

^{^e}

0 = Jewish women, 1 = Arab women.

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001,

^{^†}

p = 0.08.