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.
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