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

Table 4

Associations between a priori determined couple-level PTSD manifestations and relationship functioning.

	Relationship quality			Relationship stress
		95% CI			95% CI
Mothers
Profile: mother high-father low	-0.70	(-0.94, -0.46)	<.001	0.63	(0.43, 0.83)	<.001
Profile: mother low-father high	-0.21	(-0.47, 0.06)	.126	0.33	(0.13, 0.54)	.001
Profile: both high	-0.71	(-1.06, -0.37)	<.001	0.89	(0.61, 1.18)	<.001
Married and/or cohabitating	0.34	(0.09, 0.60)	.009	-0.43	(-0.62, -0.23)	<.001
Dyad-level age	0.00	(-0.02, 0.01)	.597	0.00	(-0.01, 0.02)	.754
Dyad-level income
≤100% FPL	-0.14	(-0.38, 0.09)	.230	0.19	(-0.01, 0.38)	.056
100-200% FPL	0.08	(-0.13, 0.28)	.468	0.28	(-0.22, 0.11)	.528
>200% FPL	Reference group			Reference group
Dyad-level education
< HS graduate	0.27	(-0.03, 0.56)	.075	0.20	(-0.08, 0.47)	.156
HS graduate	-0.15	(-0.39, 0.09)	.209	0.28	(0.08, 0.48)	.005
Some college	-0.13	(-0.36, 0.10)	.284	0.23	(0.05, 0.42)	.013
College graduate or more	Reference group			Reference group
Fathers
Profile: mother high-father low	-0.27	(-0.49, -0.04)	.021	0.47	(0.27, 0.67)	<.001
Profile: mother low-father high	-0.68	(-0.92, -0.43)	<.001	0.64	(0.42, 0.87)	<.001
Profile: both high	-0.85	(-1.15, -0.56)	<.001	0.89	(0.59, 1.20)	<.001
Married and/or cohabitating	0.46	(0.22, 0.70)	<.001	-0.41	(-0.62, -0.20)	<.001
Dyad-level age	0.01	(-0.01, 0.02)	.508	0.00	(-0.01, 0.02)	.755
Dyad-level income
≤100% FPL	0.00	(-0.22, 0.22)	.996	0.32	(0.12, 0.52)	.002
100-200% FPL	0.13	(-0.08, 0.34)	.221	0.04	(-0.13, 0.21)	.623
>200% FPL	Reference group
Dyad-level education
< HS graduate	0.43	(0.11, 0.75)	.009	0.15	(-0.14, 0.45)	.315
HS graduate	0.14	(-0.12, 0.39)	.305	0.12	(-0.08, 0.32)	.223
Some college	0.18	(-0.05, 0.41)	.118	0.16	(-0.04, 0.36)	.108
College graduate or more	Reference group			Reference group

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