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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 9b.

Regression Models Examining the Association Between Prenatal Maternal Psychological Distress and Child Cognitive Function, with Maternal Care at 12 months

Model 1: Prenatal Distress Model 2: Prenatal Distress
and Sensitivity Composite at
12 months
Model 3 : Interaction
Variable B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β
Maternal Age 0.159 0.385 0.047 0.152 0.377 0.045 0.249 0.375 0.074
SES 1.913 1.221 0.198 1.419 1.216 0.147 1.411 1.198 0.146
Parity −2.659 1.909 −0.130 −1.414 1.945 −0.069 −1.576 1.920 −0.077
Cohabitation 4.206 4.870 0.073 2.621 4.822 0.045 0.560 4.860 0.010
Index of Intelligence (WAIS) 0.193 0.103 0.195 0.185 0.101 0.186 0.171 0.100 0.172
Obstetric Risk 0.021 3.157 0.001 0.520 3.102 0.014 1.108 3.071 0.029
Non-Hispanic White −2.254 3.396 −0.068 −2.449 3.330 −0.074 −2.528 3.283 −0.076
Latina −7.350 3.901 −0.204 −6.623 3.837 −0.184 −6.660 3.783 −0.185
Gestational Age at Birth (GAB) 0.703 1.140 0.049 0.671 1.117 0.047 0.531 1.104 0.037
Child Sex (male) −7.679** 2.637 −0.227 −7.841** 2.586 −0.232 −7.982** 2.550 −0.236
Prenatal Distress −1.551 1.757 −0.082 −0.913 1.744 −0.048 −0.738 1.721 −0.039
Sensitivity Composite 12mo 2.141 0.915* 0.215 1.950* 0.907 0.196
Prenatal Distress* Sensitivity Composite 12mo 1.844* 0.905 0.158
R2 0.376 0.406 0.428
F 6.027*** 6.207*** 6.215***

B = unstandardized coefficient. β= standardized coefficient.

p < .10

*

p< .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p< .001