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Reported
partner’s influence
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.
Norm .58** Partner’s drinks per day -.12
Partner’s drinking days per -.20* week
Support .32**
.09 .22** -.42** -.06 -.48** -.15
.14 .19*
Partner’s influences and other correlates of prenatal alcohol use
Finally, the pregnant women’s perception of her partner’s support was significantly positively correlated to her partner’s report of his support.
In addition, the pregnant woman’s perceived norm related significantly
to her partner’s reported drinking days per week and support, and her
perceived support also related significantly to her partner’s reported
norm. 2
Table 2.3 Bivariate correlations of perceived and reported partner’s norm, modeling and support (N = 158)
Perceived partner’s influence
Norm
Modeling
Support
Multivariate Analysis of Prenatal Alcohol Use
The first step of the models demonstrated that pregnant women were more likely to use alcohol when they had a higher education; were accustomed to drinking on more drinking days per week before their pregnancy; perceived lower severity of harm due to prenatal alcohol use; and perceived fewer pros associated with prenatal alcohol abstinence. However, drinking days per week before pregnancy and pros lost their significance when perceived partner influence was added in the second step of the first model. This first model demonstrated that perceived partner norm was a significant correlate, meaning that pregnant women were more likely to use alcohol when their partner did not consider alcohol abstinence important. In the second step of the second model, which included reported rather than perceived partner influence, reported partner norm was a significant correlate of prenatal alcohol use, whereas pros were no longer significant. In other words, pregnant women were more likely to use alcohol when they had a partner who had reported that he did not believe she should abstain from alcohol during pregnancy. The final model, including both perceived and reported partner influence,
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