Table 2.

Prospective associations of paternal psychopathology with paternal partnership quality and changes across peripartum.

		F-T1		F-T3		Prospective associations with F-T3					Changes in F-T3		Prospective associations with changes across peripartum (F-T3–F-T1)
		M	SD	M	SD	b	t	p	95% CI		M	SD	b	t	p	95% CI
PFB sum scorea	No AD	68.77	11.40	68.55	12.46						−0.21	7.90
	Pure A	69.24	10.89	66.96	12.19	−0.33	−1.17	0.240	−0.91	0.24	−2.28	7.89	0.00	0.03	0.978	−0.47	0.48
	Pure D	66.00	11.03	63.19	11.84	−0.18	−0.32	0.750	−1.29	0.93	−2.81	8.45	−0.60	−1.30	0.196	−1.53	0.32
	Comorbid AD	66.77	8.32	64.31	12.55	−0.15	−0.33	0.740	−1.02	0.74	2.46	7.53	−0.10	−0.27	0.785	−0.84	0.64
Communicationa	No AD	23.30	3.77	23.86	4.52						0.56	3.57
	Pure A	22.62	4.33	22.24	4.45	−0.15	−0.53	0.980	−0.72	0.42	−0.38	3.22	0.03	0.11	0.915	−0.45	0.50
	Pure D	21.50	4.03	22.33	4.40	−0.69	−1.25	0.216	−1.8	0.41	0.83	2.66	−0.64	−1.41	0.163	−1.56	0.27
	Comorbid AD	23.00	3.34	20.69	0.47	0.62	0.14	0.889	−0.82	0.94	2.31	3.59		−0.36	0.719	−0.09	0.60
Quarrelinga	No AD	6.03	4.41	6.47	4.84						0.44	3.00
	Pure A	4.48	3.93	5.29	4.04	−0.34	1.30	0.198	−0.18	0.87	0.81	2.27	0.20	0.95	0.344	−0.22	0.61
	Pure D	3.83	2.52	6.00	5.67	0.27	0.53	0.597	−0.75	1.29	2.17	5.41	0.40	2.80	0.007	0.32	1.93
	Comorbid AD	5.54	3.57	4.85	3.95	0.58	1.42	0.161	−0.23	1.39	−0.69	2.53	0.32	−0.08	0.940	−0.67	0.61
Tendernessa	No AD	21.50	5.22	21.17	5.91						−0.33	4.03
	Pure A	20.95	4.70	20.01	5.71	−0.34	−1.19	0.239	−0.92	0.23	−1.09	3.80	0.13	0.55	0.583	−0.35	0.62
	Pure D	18.33	6.84	16.85	5.98	−0.25	−0.44	0.661	−1.36	0.87	1.48	3.90	−0.07	−0.15	0.884	−1.00	0.87
	Comorbid AD	19.31	4.64	18.46	6.17	0.25	0.57	0.569	−0.63	1.14	−0.85	3.11	0.21	0.57	0.573	−0.53	0.96
Satisfaction	No AD	4.52	0.74	4.24	0.87						−0.21	0.96
	Pure A	4.57	0.75	4.24	0.94	−0.18	−0.65	0.517	−0.73	0.37	0.33	0.91	0.70	0.57	0.572	−0.34	0.61
	Pure D	4.42	0.51	4.18	0.60	0.72	1.39	0.170	−0.32	1.77	0.18	0.60	0.14	0.12	0.908	−0.86	0.96
	Comorbid AD	4.62	0.51	4.15	0.80	−1.65	−3.97	<0.050	−2.48	−0.82	−0.46	0.78		−1.02	0.310	−1.16	0.38

^aResults based on robust regression.

PFB partnership quality questionnaire, pure A anxiety disorder only, pure D depressive disorder only, comorbid AD comorbid anxiety and depressive disorder.

b, unstandardised regression coefficient; M, mean, SD, standard deviation; t, T-Test; CI, confidence interval; p, significance level at 0.05. Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05. F–T1 week 22 to 24 of gestation; F–T2 at 10 days postpartum, F–T3 at 4 months postpartum.