Table 4.
Means and standard deviations of perceived social support at different assessment waves for (expectant) mothers and fathers in MARI (N = 396) and DREAM (N = 2,819).
| Perceived social support | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARI (N = 396) | DREAM (N = 2,819) | |||||||||||
| T2 (N = 396) | T6 (N = 358) | T7 (N = 280) | T1 (N = 2,819) | T3 (N = 1,829) | T4 (N = 914) | |||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Total sample | 4.34 | 0.55 | 4.30 | 0.61 | 4.31 | 0.59 | 4.29 | 0.60 | 4.17 | 0.69 | 4.17 | 0.70 |
| (Expectant) mothers | 4.37 | 0.53 | 4.33 | 0.62 | 4.32 | 0.59 | 4.33 | 0.57 | 4.23 | 0.66 | 4.22 | 0.67 |
| (Expectant) fathers | 4.25 | 0.60 | 4.19 | 0.54 | 4.17 | 0.60 | 4.22 | 0.63 | 4.07 | 0.73 | 4.10 | 0.73 |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation. In MARI, T2 was conducted in week 22–24 of gestation, T6 four months postpartum, and T7 16 months postpartum. In DREAM, T2 was conducted during pregnancy, T3 14 months postpartum, and T4 two years postpartum.