Table 2.

Regression Model Examining the Association Between Prenatal Maternal Psychological Distress, Maternal Care and Child Cognitive Function

	Model 1: Prenatal Distress			Model 2: Prenatal Distress and Sensitivity Composite			Model 3: Interaction
Variable	B	SE B	B	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Maternal Age	0.038	0.334	0.011	−0.062	0.333	−0.019	−0.042	0.327	−0.013
SES	2.159†	1.139	0.225	1.771	1.138	0.185	1.839	1.120	0.192
Parity	−2.503	1.728	−0.125	−1.610	1.755	−0.080	−1.610	1.726	−0.080
Cohabitation with Child’s Father	4.281	4.612	0.078	3.732	4.554	0.068	1.920	4.550	0.035
Index of Intelligence (WAIS)	0.166†	0.097	0.174	0.144	0.096	0.151	0.130	0.094	0.137
Obstetric Risk	−1.925	2.831	−0.053	−1.795	2.792	−0.049	−1.921	2.746	−0.053
Non-Hispanic White	−1.764	3.191	−0.054	−1.951	3.148	−0.060	−2.611	3.109	−0.080
Latina	−6.728†	3.747	−0.189	−6.048	3.709	−0.170	−6.544†	3.654	−0.184
Gestational Age at Birth (GAB)	0.863	1.017	0.066	0.641	1.008	0.049	0.458	0.995	0.035
Child Sex (male)	−6.473*	2.464	−0.195	−6.244*	2.432	−0.188	−6.703**	2.400	−0.202
Prenatal Distress	−1.376	1.616	−0.079	−1.301	1.594	−0.074	−1.425	1.568	−0.081
Sensitivity Composite				2.599*	1.229	0.190	2.759*	1.211	0.201
Prenatal Distress* Sensitivity Composite							2.813*	1.245	0.161
R2		0.379			0.401			0.426
F		6.715***			6.705***			6.794***

B = unstandardized coefficient. β= standardized coefficient.

^†p < .10

^*p< .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p< .001