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Table 4 Regression coefficients for analysis 1a

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

Outcome

Birth experience (M)

Parent-infant-bonding at T2 (Y)

Predictors

 

b

SE b

p

95% CIc

 

b

SE b

p

95% CIc

Constant

iM

78.099

1.965

 < .001

[74.245; 81.954]

iY

17.010

4.275

 < .001

[8.625; 25.396]

Induced VD

a1

-8.184*

3.471

.019

[-14.992; -1.376]

c’1

-2.398

1.815

.187

[-5.958; 1.162]

Operative VD

a2

-24.418***

5.111

 < .001

[-34.443; -14.393]

c’2

-4.030

2.601

.122

[-9.131; 1.071]

Planned CS

a3

-5.379

5.908

.363

[-16.967; 6.210]

c’3

-4.771*

2.402

.047

[-9.481; -0.060]

Unplanned CS

a4

-24.122***

5.278

 < .001

[-34.478; -13.766]

c’4

-3.607

2.470

.144

[-8.451; 1.236]

Sex

a5

11.964***

1.158

 < .001

[9.693; 14.235]

c’5

4.729

3.095

.127

[-1.342; 10.800]

Induced VD x Sex

a6

1.764

2.245

.432

[-2.640; 6.167]

c’6

0.850

1.155

.462

[-1.415; 3.115]

Operative VD x Sex

a7

7.609*

3.314

.022

[1.109; 14.108]

c’7

2.069

1.819

.256

[-1.500; 5.638]

Planned CS x Sex

a8

-0.213

3.558

.952

[-7.192; 6.766]

c’8

1.993

1.668

.233

[-1.280; 5.265]

Unplanned CS x Sex

a9

5.178

3.403

.128

[-1.496; 11.853]

c’9

0.321

1.653

.846

[-2.931; 3.562]

SIL

-

-

-

-

-

b1

-0.115**

0.044

.009

[-0.201; -0.029]

SIL x Sex

-

-

-

-

-

b2

-0.030

0.032

.337

[-0.092; 0.032]

R2 = .257

R2 = .147

F(14, 1609) = 41.946, p < .001

F(16, 1607) = 74.328, p < .001

  1. VD vaginal delivery, CS cesarean section, SIL Salmon’s Item List, T2 around 8 weeks after the expected birth date
  2. aControlling for parity, academic degree, prenatal symptoms of depression, birth complications, timing of holding the baby for the first time
  3. bHC4 heteroskedasticity consistent standard error
  4. cPercentile bootstrap intervals based on 5,000 iterations
  5. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001