Psychological factors affecting breastfeeding during the perinatal period in the UK: an observational longitudinal study

Table听3 Correlation matrix between predictors and outcomes adjusted for covariates

听	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)
(1) EPDS^a	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
(2) STAI S^a	.77**	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
(3) STAI T^a	.76**	.93**	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
(4) Stressful Events^a	.42**	.39**	.35**	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
(5) Coping _ Prob Oriented^a	.09	.34**	.34**	.09	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
(6) Coping _Emotional^a	.45**	.62**	.63**	.23**	.59**	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
(7) Coping _Social^a	.22**	.40**	.44**	.08	.81**	.68**	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
(8) Coping _Avoidance^a	.36**	.57**	.59**	.15**	.55**	.50**	.55**	1.00	听	听	听	听	听	听
(9) EPDS 1听m post-partum	.45**	.35**	.37**	.16*	-.11	.14*	.03	-.00	1.00	听	听	听	听	听
(10) Antenatal intention to breastfeed	-.05	-.02	-.06	-.03	-.10	-.05	-.06	-.06	.01	1.00	听	听	听	听
(11) Exclusive Breastfeeding 1听m	-.05	-.08	-.04	-.11	-.06	-.05	-.03	-.06	-.08	-.20**	1.00	听	听	听
(12) Exclusive Breastfeeding 6听m	-.11	-.07	-.03	.01	.06	.06	.10	.08	-.11	-.19*	.49**	1.00	听	听
(13) Partial breastfeeding 1听m	.07	.02	.02	-.04	-.08	.01	-.09	-.04	-.07	-.26**	.72**	.40**	1.00	听
(14) Partial breastfeeding 6听m	-.06	-.05	-.01	.02	-.00	.02	.06	.11	-.10	-.15	.56**	.79**	.50**	1.00

EPDS Edinburgh Post-partum Depression Scale, STAI State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, S State, T Trait, 1听m one month post-partum, 6听m 6听months post-partum
^aMean value from all three time points in pregnancy
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

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