All mothers (paired data for n = 56) | Pre-imaging | Post-imaging | Mean difference | t | Effect size (Hedge’s g) |
Anxiety | 4.30 (SD 2.42) | 2.14 (SD 2.34) | -2.16 | 7.17** | 0.95 |
Excitement | 7.38 (SD 2.01) | 7.63 (SD 2.29) | 0.25 | -0.78 | -0.10 |
CORE-10 | 8.86 (SD 5.00) | 8.38 (SD 5.94) | 0.48 | 0.94 | 0.12 |
Expectations (pre-imaging) or experience (post-imaging) | 4.54 (SD 0.87) | 4.61 (SD 0.62) | 0.07 | -0.66 | -0.09 |
All fathers (paired data for n = 17) | Pre-imaging | Post-imaging | Mean difference | t | Effect size (Hedge’s g) |
Anxiety | 2.41 (SD 1.33) | 1.47 (SD 0.94) | -0.94 | 2.89* | 0.67 |
Excitement | 7.47 (SD 2.50) | 9.12 (SD 1.05) | 1.65 | -2.75* | -0.63 |
CORE-10 | 6.88 (SD 3.74) | 4.82 (SD 3.01) | 2.06 | 4.15** | 0.96 |
Expectations (pre-imaging) or experience (post-imaging) | 4.65 (SD 0.70) | 4.53 (SD 1.01) | 0.12 | 0.46 | 0.11 |