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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2021 Jul 27;34(4):1376–1385. doi: 10.1017/S0954579421000286

Appendix Table 7c.

Regression Models Examining the Association Between Prenatal Maternal Perceived Stress and Child Cognitive Function, Including Postnatal Maternal Perceived Stress

Model 1: Prenatal Perceived
Stress
Model 2: Prenatal Perceived
Stress and Sensitivity
Composite
Model 3 : Interaction
Variable B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β
Maternal Age 0.066 0.335 0.020 −0.038 0.336 −0.011 −0.012 0.330 −0.004
SES 1.929 1.140 0.201 1.632 1.138 0.170 1.713 1.119 0.179
Parity −2.561 1.720 −0.128 −1.736 1.755 −0.087 −1.704 1.724 −0.085
Cohabitation with Child’s Father 4.476 4.501 0.081 3.932 4.461 0.072 2.283 4.441 0.042
Index of Intelligence (WAIS) 0.144 0.099 0.151 0.125 0.098 0.132 0.126 0.097 0.133
Obstetric Risk −2.455 2.843 −0.067 −2.209 2.815 −0.061 −2.248 2.766 −0.062
Non-Hispanic White −2.132 3.195 −0.065 −2.277 3.161 −0.070 −2.956 3.120 −0.091
Latina −7.454 3.860 −0.209 −6.802 3.833 −0.191 −7.292 3.772 −0.205
Gestational Age at Birth (GAB) 0.910 1.007 0.069 0.696 1.002 0.053 0.660 0.984 0.050
Child Sex (male) −6.443* 2.452 −0.194 −6.257* 2.427 −0.189 −6.943** 2.404 −0.209
Postnatal Stress −0.356 0.389 −0.114 −0.231 0.390 −0.074 −0.151 0.385 −0.049
Prenatal Stress −0.094 0.395 −0.033 −0.155 0.392 −0.054 −0.152 0.386 −0.053
Sensitivity Composite 2.393 1.248 0.174 2.496* 1.227 0.182
Prenatal Stress*Sensitivity Composite 0.444* 0.193 0.166
R2 0.389 0.408 0.433
F 6.376*** 6.299*** 6.436***

B = unstandardized coefficient. β= standardized coefficient.

p < .10

*

p< .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p< .001