Table 4 Hierarchical linear regression models of Covid-related stress, parental symptoms of anxiety and depression, and insensitive parenting
| Ā | Ā | Parental Anxiety | Parental Depression | Insensitive Parenting | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Ī² | R2 model | R2 change | B | Ī² | R2 model | R2 change | B | Ī² | R2 model | R2 change | ||
Mothers | |||||||||||||
āStep 1 | Age parent | .089 | .129 | Ā | Ā | .079 | .069 | Ā | Ā | .004 | .034 | Ā | Ā |
Age infant | .084 | .285 | Ā | Ā | .026 | .010 | Ā | Ā | .011 | .043 | Ā | Ā | |
Number of children | 1130 | .634 | Ā | Ā | .427 | .073 | Ā | Ā | .193 | .359*** | Ā | Ā | |
SES | ā.122 | .227 | .016 | Ā | ā.173 | ā.082 | .020 | Ā | .008 | .041 | .144 | Ā | |
āStep 2 | General Covid-19 worries | 1774 | .278*** | Ā | Ā | .669 | .318*** | Ā | Ā | ā.003 | ā.017 | Ā | Ā |
Work and financial worries | .559 | .202** | Ā | Ā | .098 | .063 | Ā | Ā | .013 | .091 | Ā | Ā | |
Social support worries | .839 | .242** | .365 | .394*** | .400 | .205** | .264 | .245*** | .031 | .174** | .191 | .047*** | |
Fathers | |||||||||||||
āStep 1 | Age parent | .148 | .459 | Ā | Ā | .106 | .146 | Ā | Ā | .007 | .081 | Ā | Ā |
Age infant | ā.341 | 1189 | Ā | Ā | .246 | .111 | Ā | Ā | .031 | .123 | Ā | Ā | |
Number of children | ā.928 | 2789 | Ā | Ā | .550 | .126 | Ā | Ā | .177 | .358* | Ā | Ā | |
SES | ā.375 | 1104 | .028 | Ā | ā.369 | ā.189 | .198 | Ā | .000 | .001 | .233 | Ā | |
āStep 2 | General Covid-19 worries | 2473 | 1091 | Ā | Ā | .120 | .092 | Ā | Ā | ā.006 | ā.038 | Ā | Ā |
Work and financial worries | ā.312 | .884 | Ā | Ā | .209 | .178 | Ā | Ā | .012 | .092 | Ā | Ā | |
Social support worries | .939 | .961* | .242 | .214** | .508 | .341** | .448 | .250*** | .019 | .112 | .253 | .020 | |