Table 3.

Regression Model Examining the Association Between Prenatal Maternal Psychological Distress, Maternal Care and Child Negative Emotionality

	Model 1: Prenatal Distress			Model 2: Prenatal Distress and Sensitivity Composite			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	0.011	−0.121
SES	−0.023	0.041	−0.065	−0.021	0.042	−0.061	−0.023	0.041	−0.065
Cohabitation with Child’s Father	−0.172	0.193	−0.079	−0.173	0.194	−0.080	−0.122	0.193	−0.056
Index of Intelligence (WAIS)	−0.003	0.003	−0.100	−0.003	0.004	−0.097	−0.003	0.003	−0.087
Non-Hispanic White	−0.258*	0.127	−0.223	−0.258*	0.128	−0.224	−0.233†	0.127	−0.201
Latina	0.152	0.152	0.117	0.148	0.154	0.114	0.182	0.153	0.141
Prenatal Distress	0.125*	0.060	0.201	0.124*	0.061	0.199	0.126*	0.060	0.204
Sensitivity Composite				−0.008	0.048	−0.016	−0.003	0.047	−0.006
Prenatal Distress* Sensitivity Composite							−0.105*	0.052	−0.164
R2		0.280			0.280			0.306
F		6.173***			5.358***			5.342***

B = unstandardized coefficient. β= standardized coefficient.

^†p < .10

^*p< .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p< .001