Appendix Table 12c.

Regression Model Examining Maternal Positive Regard as a Moderator of the Association Between Prenatal Distress and Child Negative Emotionality

	Model 1: Prenatal Distress			Model 2: Prenatal Distress and Positive Regard			Model 3: Interaction
Variable	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Maternal Age	−0.012	0.011	−0.105	−0.012	0.011	−0.105	−0.014	0.012	−0.124
SES	−0.023	0.041	−0.065	−0.023	0.041	−0.067	−0.022	0.041	−0.062
Cohabitation with Child’s Father	−0.172	0.193	−0.079	−0.166	0.196	−0.076	−0.174	0.196	−0.080
Index of Intelligence (WAIS)	−0.003	0.003	−0.100	−0.003	0.003	−0.100	−0.003	0.003	−0.099
Non-Hispanic White	−0.258*	0.127	−0.223	−0.258*	0.128	−0.223	−0.238†	0.129	−0.206
Latina	0.152	0.152	0.117	0.158	0.155	0.122	0.171	0.156	0.132
Prenatal Distress	0.125*	0.060	0.201	0.127*	0.062	0.205	0.119†	0.062	0.192
Positive Regard				0.022	0.108	0.018	0.022	0.108	0.018
Prenatal Distress* Positive Regard							−0.127	0.128	−0.083
R2		0.280			0.280			0.287
F		6.173***			5.360***			4.873***

B = unstandardized coefficient. β= standardized coefficient.

^†p < .10

^*p< .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p< .001