Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Primary Variables: Study 1
| Fathers |
Mothers |
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| Variable | Time Point | M | SD | M | SD |
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| Positive Emotions | Pregnancy | 4.48 | 0.91 | 4.42 | 0.86 |
| One-Month Postpartum | 4.59 | 0.83 | 4.51 | 0.90 | |
| Four-Months Postpartum | 4.63 | 0.91 | 4.72 | 0.96 | |
| Nine-Months Postpartum | 4.45 | 1.05 | 4.66 | 0.87 | |
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| Relationship Satisfaction | Pregnancy | 5.03 | 0.51 | 5.02 | 0.53 |
| One-Month Postpartum | 4.80 | 0.75 | 4.81 | 0.73 | |
| Four-Months Postpartum | 4.74 | 0.70 | 4.74 | 0.74 | |
| Nine-Months Postpartum | 4.39 | 0.79 | 4.46 | 0.75 | |
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| Perceptions of Positive | Pregnancy | 3.09 | 0.51 | 3.17 | 0.54 |
| Social Support | One-Month Postpartum | 2.92 | 0.61 | 3.05 | 0.61 |
| Four-Months Postpartum | 3.06 | 0.58 | 3.06 | 0.56 | |
| Nine-Months Postpartum | 2.78 | 0.59 | 2.94 | 0.61 | |
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| Perceptions of Negative | Pregnancy | 0.72* | 0.53 | 0.92* | 0.70 |
| Social Support | One-Month Postpartum | 0.66** | 0.59 | 1.04** | 0.73 |
| Four-Months Postpartum | 0.82* | 0.67 | 1.08* | 0.76 | |
| Nine-Months Postpartum | 0.97 | 0.66 | 1.14 | 0.84 | |
Note.
*
Mothers and fathers were statistically significantly different at this wave at the p < .05 level.
**
Mothers and fathers were statistically significantly different at this wave at the p < .01 level. When no asterisk is present, mothers and fathers were statistically significantly different at that wave.