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Table 2 Spearman correlations including all study variables

From: The impact of mode of delivery on parent-infant-bonding and the mediating role of birth experience: a comparison of mothers and fathers within the longitudinal cohort study DREAM

 

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

1. Spontaneous VDc

-

             

2. Induced VDc

a

-

            

3. Operative VDc

a

a

-

           

4. Planned CSc

a

a

a

-

          

5. Unplanned CSc

a

a

a

a

-

         

6. SILc

.25**

-.06*

-.16**

-.02

-.19**

-

        

7. PBQc

-.01

-.02

.05*

-.02

.02

-.30**

-

       

8. PBQd

.02

-.01

-.00

-.02

-.00

-.23**

.64**

-

      

9. Parental sexb

.01

-.00

.01

-.01

-.01

.36**

.02

-.01

-

     

10. Parityb

.07**

-.01

-.11**

.02

-.03

.15**

-.11**

-.02

.00

-

    

11. Birth complicationsc

.04

.08**

.02

-.14**

-.07**

-.08**

.05*

.04

-.01

-.13**

-

   

12. Timing of holding the babyc

-.16**

-.04

.02

.10**

.22**

.05

.05

.03

.42**

-.03

-.05

-

  

13. EPDSb

-.02

.04

-.01

.02

-.03

-.18**

.20**

.22**

-.22**

.10**

-.03

-.09**

-

 

14. Academic degreeb

.03

-.05*

.02

-.02

.02

-.08**

.15**

.13**

-.02

-.04

.01

-.00

-.09**

-

  1. Two-tailed testing. MOD mode of delivery, VD vaginal delivery, CS caesarean section, SIL Salmon’s Item List, PBQ Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale; *p < .05; **p < .01
  2. aAs the correlation coefficients would not indicate a meaningful association in terms of content they are not reported
  3. bT1 during pregnancy
  4. cT2 around 8 weeks after the expected birth date
  5. dT3 around 14 months after the actual birth date
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