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. 2022 Mar 8;13:792392. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.792392

Table 9.

Maternal personality (TIPI), postnatal mood (EPDS), current state (STAI State) and MABS.

Measure	Factor	Big 5 personality traits (TIPI) N = 953					EPDS total N = 922	State anxiety N = 947
Measure	Factor	Extroversion	Agreeable	Conscientious	Emotional stability	Openness	EPDS total N = 922	State anxiety N = 947
MABS	Alert-responsive	0.075, p = 0.023^*	0.095, p = 0.004^**	0.043, p = 0.190	0.065, p = 0.047^*	0.129, p = 0.000^***	−0.123, p = 0.000^***	−0.158, p = 0.000^***
	Unsettled-irregular	−0.122, p = 0.000^***	−0.134, p = 0.000^***	−0.162, p = 0.000^***	−0.291, p = 0.000^***	−0.150, p = 0.000^***	0.412, p = 0.000^***	0.396, p = 0.000^***
	Lack of confidence in caretaking	−0.084, p = 0.010^*	−0.050, p = 0.128	−0.102, p = 0.002^**	−0.240, p = 0.000^***	−0.008, p = 0.814	0.380, p = 0.000^***	0.315, p = 0.000^***
	Easiness	0.082, p = 0.012^*	0.105, p = 0.001^**	0.068, p = 0.037^*	0.165, p = 0.000^***	0.170, p = 0.000^***	−0.172, p = 0.000^***	−0.221, p = 0.000^***
	Global confidence	0.133, p = 0.000^***	0.116, p = 0.000^***	0.149, p = 0.000^***	0.303, p = 0.000^***	0.141, p = 0.000^***	−0.350, p = 0.000^***	−0.335, p = 0.000^***
	Alert during feeds	0.084, p = 0.010^*	0.004, p = 0.895	0.138, p = 0.000^***	0.070, p = 0.033^*	0.079, p = 0.016^*	−0.088, p = 0.008^**	−0.072, p = 0.028^*
	Irritable during feeds	−0.091, p = 0.005^**	−0.104, p = 0.001^**	−0.082, p = 0.012^*	−0.209, p = 0.000^***	−0.117, p = 0.000^***	0.310, p = 0.000^***	0.286, p = 0.000^***
	Lack of confidence in breastfeeding	−0.093, p = 0.008^**	−0.052, p = 0.142	−0.027, p = 0.448	−0.145, p = 0.000^***	−0.013, p = 0.716	0.227, p = 0.000^***	0.181, p = 0.000^***

^*

Pearson’s r: p < 0.05.

^**

Pearson’s r: p < 0.01.

^***

Pearson’s r: p < 0.001.