Correlates of work productivity and maternal competence after having a baby: the roles of mother-infant bonding and maternal subjective experiences

Table 5 Regression models looking for predictors of work productivity and parental competence

	Work productivity			Parental competence
	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Length of parental leave	0.21	0.46	0.05	− 0.01	0.01	− 0.09
Breastfeeding (yes/no)	31.46	51.85	0.06	0.10	0.16	0.05
Getting help from other family members	− 5.97	37.92	− 0.02	− 0.06	0.12	− 0.04
Work as necessity or pleasure	21.71	6.76	0.33**	0.04	0.02	0.16
Experience of being back at work	− 14.45	6.93	− 0.21*	0.02	0.02	0.09
PBQ total	1.48	0.63	0.23*	0.00	0.01	− 0.01
PSS total	− 0.31	2.02	− 0.02	− 0.04	0.01	− 0.54***
GAPS total	− 2.73	1.75	− 0.16	− 0.01	0.01	− 0.09
ECR-R anxiety	10.45	17.38	0.07	− 0.01	0.05	− 0.012
ECR-R avoidance	− 31.69	18.72	− 0.18	− 0.09	0.06	− 0.14
R²	0.25			0.48
F	2.86**			7.88***

B = Non-standardized coefficients, SE B, = Standard error of non-standardized coefficients, β = standardized coefficients, PBQ Total = parent–child bonding total score, PSS Total = parental stress total score, GAPS Total = parental guilt about parenting total score, ECR-R anxiety = attachment anxiety towards partner score, ECR-R avoidance = attachment avoidance towards partner score
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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