Table 2 Correlations between posttraumatic stress symptoms following childbirth and all putative risk factors

1. PTSD symptoms (8 weeks postpartum)

1

2. Prior PTSD (pregnancy week 17)

0.19^***

1

3. Prior Sexual Abuse^a (8 weeks postpartum)

0.13^***

0.24^***

1

4. Fear of childbirth (pregnancy week 32)

0.28^***

0.11^***

0.08^**

1

5. Depression (pregnancy week 32)

0.35^***

0.28^***

0.18^***

0.40^***

1

6. Anxiety (pregnancy week 32)

0.33^***

0.33^***

0.16^**

0.31^***

0.68^***

1

7. Neuroticism (pregnancy week 17)

0.23^***

0.22^***

0.12^***

0.29^***

0.48^***

0.41^***

1

8. Conscientiousness (pregnancy week 17)

−0.11^***

−0.09^***

−0.07^**

−0.16^***

−0.15^***

−0.15^***

−0.13^***

1

9. Extraversion (pregnancy week 17)

−0.02

−0.03

−0.03

−0.14^***

−0.11^***

−0.12^***

−0.12^***

0.16^***

1

10. Agreeableness (pregnancy week 17)

0.00

0.03

0.03

−0.12^***

−0.01

0.01

−0.05

0.21^***

0.31^***

1

11. Imagination (pregnancy week 17)

0.01

0.02

0.05^*

−0.04

0.03

0.04

0.00

0.02

0.25^***

0.28^***

1

12. Medical risk (perinatally)

0.04

0.09^***

0.09^***

0.02

0.04

0.06^*

0.02

−0.03

−0.01

0.01

0.00

1

13. Parity (pregnancy week 17)

−0.15^***

−0.04

−0.05

−0.14^***

0.03

−0.01

−0.02

0.03

−0.04

−0.04

0.00

0.08^**

1

14. Age (perinatally)

−0.12^***

−0.13^***

−0.02

0.00

−0.07^**

−0.15^***

−0.11^***

0.11^***

−0.01

−0.02

0.08^**

0.06^**

0.40^***

1

15. Education (perinatally)

−0.08^**

−0.11^***

−0.09^***

−0.01

−0.09^***

−0.13^***

−0.13^***

0.03

0.05^*

0.06^*

0.13^***

−0.05

−0.01

0.26^***