Table 1 Sample characteristics
Sociodemographic characteristics | |
 Age, M (SD) | 30.58 (4.48) |
 Nationality: German, n (%) | 691 (95.6) |
 Education: ≥ 12 years of school education, n (%) | 525 (72.4) |
 Marital status: married or in a partnership, n (%) | 577 (79.6) |
 Parity: primiparous, n (%) | 432 (59.6) |
Maternal childhood maltreatment | |
 Sexual abuse: CTQ subscale ≥ 6, n (%) | 83 (11.4) |
 Physical abuse: CTQ subscale ≥ 8, n (%) | 60 (8.3) |
 Emotional abuse: CTQ subscale ≥ 9, n (%) | 129 (17.8) |
 Physical neglect: CTQ subscale ≥ 8, n (%) | 160 (22.1) |
 Emotional neglect: CTQ subscale ≥ 10, n (%) | 189 (26.1) |
Maternal postpartum mental health | |
 Depression: BDI-II ≥ 14, n (%) | 94 (13.0) |
 Anxiety: SCL-90-R anxiety subscale > 2, highest quartile, n (%) | 146 (20.1) |