Maternal–fetal attachment in pregnant Italian women: multidimensional influences and the association with maternal caregiving in the infant’s first year of life

Table 4 Multiple regression models for MFA on maternal caregiving dimensions (N = 29)

	Model 1 Maternal Sensitivity				Model 2 Maternal Structuring				Model 3 Maternal Non-Intrusiveness				Model 4 Maternal Non-Hostility
	b	SE	t	p	b	SE	t	p	b	SE	t	p	b	SE	t	p
Intercept	0.058	5.235	-1.557	.14	-9.974	4.555	-2.189	.043	7.239	6.34	1.142	.27	4.121	3.817	1.082	.29
Mother age	0.033	0.049	0.672	.51	0.024	0.042	0.572	.57	0.068	0.059	1.148	.27	0.006	0.035	0.171	.87
Education	0.292	0.179	1.627	.12	0.324	0.155	2.083	.051	0.047	0.217	0.218	.83	0.265	0.130	2.037	.06
Marital status	0.204	0.349	0.584	.57	-0.224	0.304	-0.737	.47	-0.736	0.423	-1.741	.09	-0.376	0.254	-1.479	.15
First pregnancy	0.375	0.357	1.050	.31	0.422	0.310	1.359	.19	-0.353	0.433	-0.817	.42	0.379	0.259	1.459	.16
MAAS	0.036	0.035	1.000	.33	0.066	0.031	2.128	.046	-0.035	0.044	-0.812	.43	0.008	0.026	0.324	.75
BDI	-0.036	0.041	-0.883	.39	-0.010	0.035	-0.283	.78	-0.074	0.049	-1.495	.15	-0.057	0.030	-1.895	.07
PBI Care	0.032	0.031	1.024	.32	0.021	0.026	0.777	.45	0.008	0.037	0.218	.83	0.009	0.022	0.401	.69
PBI Over-protection	0.182	0.041	4.436	.000	0.154	0.035	4.297	.001	-0.013	0.049	-0.257	.80	0.085	0.026	2.854	.01
DAS	0.030	0.022	1.379		0.037	0.019	2.014	.068	0.004	0.026	0.145	.88	-0.003	0.016	-0.234	.83
R²	R² = .57				R² = .65				R² = .38				R² = .56
F	F(9,19) = 2.84, p = .026				F(9,19) = 3.89, p = .007				F(9,19) = 1.28, p = .31				F(9,19) = 2.65, p = .035

Note: MAAS Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (Condon, 1993) [10], BDI Beck Depression Inventory (Beck et al., 1996) [30], PBI Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI; Parker et al., 1979), DAS Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier et al., 1976) [32]

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