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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Stress Health. 2021 Oct 15;38(3):610–614. doi: 10.1002/smi.3100

Table 2.

Predictors of depression at 4-weeks and 12-weeks postpartum

B SE β t p R2
Outcome: 4-weeks postpartum depressive symptoms
Model 1 .09
History of depression 4.95 1.37 .26 3.61 <.001
Past traumatic events .46 .33 .10 1.37 .17
Model 2 .23
History of depression 1.69 1.43 .09 1.18 .24
Past traumatic events .03 .33 .01 .09 .09
PCL 1 2.10 1.04 .20 2.02 <.05
PCL 4 1.38 .93 .14 1.48 .14
PCL 6 −1.11 .79 −.12 −1.41 .16
PCL 15 2.90 .88 .29 3.28 <.001
PCL 18 .37 1.06 .03 .35 .73
PCL 19 −.73 1.02 −.06 −.72 .47
Outcome: 12-weeks postpartum depressive symptoms
B SE β t p R2
Model 1 .03
History of depression 2.27 1.22 .15 1.86 .06
Past traumatic events .19 .31 .05 .60 .55
Model 2 .17
History of depression −.31 1.29 −.02 −.24 .81
Past traumatic events −.02 .31 −.01 −.06 .95
PCL 1 2.64 .94 .31 2.80 .006
PCL 4 .05 .86 .01 .06 .95
PCL 6 −.62 .77 −.08 −.80 .42
PCL 15 2.46 .79 .29 3.11 .002
PCL 18 .52 .98 .05 .53 .60
PCL 19 −1.48 .99 −.15 −1.50 .14

Note. n = 181 at 4-weeks postpartum. n = 162 at 12-weeks postpartum. History of depression was assessed with SCID depression module. Past traumatic events were measured by TLEQ and represents total past traumatic events reported. PCL = PTSD Checklist for DSM-5. Item numbers for the short form of the PCL-5 reflect their position in the PCL-5 20-item version. Bolded = significant at p < .05.