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Table 2 Expectancy by Preference Pre-Exposure

From: Reproducing fear: the effect of birth stories on nulligravid women’s birth preferences

 

Childbirth preference pre-exposure

 

Variables

Vaginal birth

Caesarean birth

Condition difference

Childbirth fear

3.93 (0.94)

4.79 (0.78)

t(133) = 8.53***

Outcome expectancy

6.63 (1.36)

5.32 (1.80)

t(98) = 6.03***

Self-efficacy expectancy

5.82 (1.51)

4.54 (1.78)

t(103) = 5.88***

  1. Note. Independent t-test statistic reported for the equal variance not assumed. ***p < 0.001