Couple-Level Manifestations of Posttraumatic Stress and Maternal and Paternal Postpartum Relationship Functioning

Table 3

Associations between LPA-derived couple-level PTSD manifestations and relationship functioning.

	Relationship quality			Relationship stress
		95% CI			95% CI
Mothers
Profile: mother high-father low	-0.70	(-1.00, -0.40)	<.001	0.77	(0.52, 1.03)	<.001
Profile: mother low-father high	-0.61	(-0.96, -0.25)	.001	0.71	(0.44, 0.99)	<.001
Married and/or cohabitating	0.32	(0.05, 0.59)	.019	-0.42	(-0.61, -0.23)	<.001
Dyad-level age	0.00	(-0.02, 0.02)	.949	0.00	(-0.02, 0.01)	.870
Dyad-level income
≤100% FPL	-0.12	(-0.35, 0.12)	.341	0.19	(-0.01, 0.38)	.057
100-200% FPL	0.07	(-0.14, 0.28)	.525	-0.04	(-0.21, 0.12)	.601
>200% FPL	Reference group			Reference group
Dyad-level education
< HS graduate	0.30	(0.01, 0.59)	.043	0.16	(-0.11, 0.44)	.241
HS graduate	-0.16	(-0.40, 0.07)	.179	0.30	(0.10, 0.49)	.003
Some college	-0.12	(-0.35, 0.12)	.332	0.23	(0.04, 0.42)	.016
College graduate or more	Reference group			Reference group
Fathers
Profile: mother high-father low	-0.57	(-0.84, -0.31)	<.001	0.64	(0.39, 0.90)	<.001
Profile: mother low-father high	-0.93	(-1.25, -0.60)	<.001	0.91	(0.58, 1.23)	<.001
Married and/or cohabitating	0.44	(0.19, 0.69)	.001	-0.40	(-0.60, -0.20)	<.001
Dyad-level age	0.01	(-0.01, 0.02)	.368	0.00	(-0.01, 0.01)	.915
Dyad-level income
≤100% FPL	0.04	(-0.18, 0.27)	.704	0.31	(0.11, 0.51)	.003
100-200% FPL	0.16	(-0.05, 0.37)	.128	0.04	(-0.13, 0.21)	.649
>200% FPL	Reference group			Reference group
Dyad-level education
< HS graduate	0.41	(0.09, 0.74)	.012	0.15	(-0.16, 0.46)	.330
HS graduate	0.10	(-0.16, 0.36)	.441	0.16	(-0.04, 0.35)	.119
Some college	0.17	(-0.06, 0.40)	.142	0.17	(-0.03, 0.37)	.103
College graduate or more	Reference group			Reference group

Note: the reference group is both low. Associations significant at are bolded.