Temperament, Character, and Depressive Symptoms during Pregnancy: A Study of a Japanese Population

Table 2

Hierarchical multiple regression analyses predicting EPDS score during pregnancy.

	𝑅^2	𝑅^2 increase	Standardised beta	𝑡
Step 1: demographics	0.01	0.01*
Age			−0.07	−1.4
Partner’s age			0.03	0.7
Step 2: psychological response	0.04	0.03***
Response to; pregnancy			0.13	3.1**
Desire for baby			−0.02	0.6
Step 3: character	0.33	0.29***
SD			−0.41	−8.5***
CO			−0.01	0.3
ST			0.11	3.0**
Step 4: temperament	0.37	0.03***
NS			0.08	1.9
HA			0.19	4.2***
RD			−0.01	−0.3
PS			0.12	3.2**
Standardised 𝑅^2	0.353

^∗𝑃< 0.05, **𝑃< 0.01, and ***𝑃<0.001.