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Table 5 Regression coefficients for analysis 2a

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

Parent-infant-bonding at T3 (Y)

Predictors

 

b

SE b

p

95% CIc

Constant

iY

10.941

4.095

.008

[2.910; 18.973]

Induced VD

c’1

0.323

1.913

.866

[-3.428; 4.075]

Operative VD

c’2

-2.484

2.876

.388

[-8.126; 3.157]

Planned CS

c’3

-5.137*

2.488

.039

[-10.016; -0.258]

Unplanned CS

c’4

-5.083

2.660

.056

[-10.301; 0.135]

Sex

c’5

6.957*

2.999

.021

[1.074; 12.839]

Induced VD x Sex

c’6

-0.922

1.237

.456

[-3.348; 1.504]

Operative VD x Sex

c’7

0.496

1.846

.788

[-3.125; 4.117]

Planned CS x Sex

c’8

2.156

1.700

.205

[-1.178; 5.489]

Unplanned CS x Sex

c’9

1.339

1.754

.445

[-2.102; 4.780]

SIL

b1

-0.032

0.043

.457

[-0.115; 0.052]

SIL x Sex

b2

-0.066*

0.031

.032

[-0.126; -0.006]

R2 = .097

F(16, 1595) = 82.129, p < .001

  1. VD vaginal delivery, CS cesarean section, SIL Salmon’s Item List, T3 around 14 months after the actual birth
  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