Mother-infant bonding is not associated with feeding type: a community study sample

Hairston, Ilana S.; Handelzalts, Jonathan E.; Lehman-Inbar, Tamar; Kovo, Michal

doi:10.1186/s12884-019-2264-0

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Table 3 First-order correlations controlling for infant age

From: Mother-infant bonding is not associated with feeding type: a community study sample

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1. mother’s age	R	1
1. mother’s age	p	.
2. Income	R	0.346	1
2. Income	p	<.001	.
3. First child	R	−0.356	−0.088	1
3. First child	p	<.001	.159	.
4. Breastfeeding groups	R	0.049	0.076	0.051	1
4. Breastfeeding groups	p	.425	.223	.404	.
5. Breastfeeding duration	R	0.050	0.067	0.036	0.763	1
5. Breastfeeding duration	p	.419	.287	.559	<.001	.
6. PBQ total	R	−0.017	−0.092	0.084	−0.027	− 0.024	1
6. PBQ total	p	.777	.140	.168	.656	.698	.
7. PBQ general factor	R	−0.016	−0.089	0.079	0.002	−0.008	0.964	1
	p	.801	.156	.193	.972	.895	<.001	.
8. PBQ rejection and anger	R	0.020	−0.070	0.004	−0.085	−0.049	0.828	0.770	1
	p	.741	.261	.954	.162	.423	<.001	<.001	.
9. PBQ anxiety about child	R	−0.041	−0.049	0.144	−0.047	− 0.018	0.819	0.705	0.595	1
	p	.512	.436	.019	.446	.763	<.001	<.001	<.001	.
10. EPDS	R	0.049	−0.050	0.002	0.064	0.063	0.531	0.513	0.423	0.476	1
10. EPDS	p	.427	.427	.969	.295	.305	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	.
11. WASO	R	−0.047	−0.077	0.025	0.100	0.104	0.172	0.200	0.073	0.154	0.298	1
11. WASO	p	.444	.220	.387	.106	.093	.005	.001	.235	.013	<.001	.
12. PSQI Total	R	0.030	−0.137	0.030	0.004	0.04	0.173	0.202	0.118	0.136	0.453	0.476
12. PSQI Total	p	.629	.028	.626	.944	.513	.004	.001	.052	.026	<.001	<.001
13. PSQI TST	R	−0.109	0.132	0.034	0.018	−0.062	− 0.057	−0.093	0.010	0.010	−0.167	−0.369
13. PSQI TST	p	.079	.037	.586	.773	.313	.352	.130	.876	.997	.006	<.001
14. PSQI SOL	R	−0.039	−0.051	0.053	−0.098	− 0.094	−0.009	− 0.008	−0.018	0.075	0.185	0.221
14. PSQI SOL	p	.529	.425	.388	.114	.128	.886	.894	.767	.225	.003	.001
15. PSQI #7	R	0.062	−0.009	0.014	0.181	0.134	0.288	0.292	0.221	0.205	0.413	0.188
15. PSQI #7	p	.316	.887	.813	.003	.028	<.001	<.001	<.001	.001	<.001	.002
16. PSQI #1	R	0.020	−0.080	0.018	−0.038	−0.015	0.161	0.178	0.159	0.14	0.366	0.427
16. PSQI #1	p	.74	.201	.77	.538	.808	.008	.003	.009	.022	<.001	<.001

In bold are significant correlations; PBQ Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, WASO Wake After Sleep Onset, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index – total score, PSQI #7 daytime dysfunction component, PSQI #1 overall sleep quality component, TST Total Sleep Time, SOL Sleep Onset Latency. Correlations among PSQI components were omitted

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