| Correlates | Positive emotion | Positive coping | Negative emotion | Negative coping |
| Demographic features |
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| Mother’s age | r = –0.10** | r = –0.05 | r = –0.07 | r = 0.08* |
| Partner’s age | r = –0.05 | r = –0.02 | r = 0.04 | r = –0.04 |
| Education | r = 0.01 | r = –0.12** | r = –0.00 | r = 0.03 |
| Obstetric features |
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| Number of pregnancies | r = –0.07* | r = 0.21*** | r = –0.03 | r = –0.16*** |
| Number of deliveries | r = –0.06 | r = 0.27*** | r = –0.05 | r = –0.25*** |
| Gestational age at birth | r = 0.15*** | r = –0.03 | r = –0.14*** | r = 0.06 |
| Parity |
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| Primipara (n = 353) | 43.3 (7.9) | 29.1 (8.7) | 5.0 (3.0) | 16.4 (3.7) |
| Multipara (n = 384) | 43.0 (8.1) | 33.9 (8.0) | 4.4 (2.8) | 14.7 (3.9) |
| F | 0.35 | 60.53*** | 6.72** | 39.18*** |
| Infertility treatment |
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| Yes (n = 119) | 41.37 (10.2) | 28.1 (8.7) | 5.6 (3.8) | 16.1 (3.6) |
| No (n = 639) | 43.35 (7.7) | 32.2 (8.5) | 4.6 (2.8) | 15.4 (4.0) |
| F | 6.03* | 23.80*** | 12.76*** | 3.13 |
| Delivery style |
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| Vaginal delivery (VG, n = 455) | 44.0 (7.8) | 31.8 (8.7) | 4.6 (3.0) | 15.6 (3.9) |
| Vacuum extraction (VE, n = 69) | 44.4 (6.7) | 28.7 (8.7) | 4.4 (2.6) | 16.5 (3.5) |
| Planned Caesarean (PC, n = 149) | 41.1 (8.7) | 33.6 (8.0) | 4.8 (2.9) | 14.5 (4.0) |
| Emergency Caesarean (EC, n = 85) | 40.2 (8.8) | 29.0 (8.7) | 5.7 (2.8) | 15.5 (3.8) |
| F | 9.11*** | 8.01*** | 4.11** | 4.85** |
| Post hoc comparison | VG, VE > PC, EC | VG, PC > VE, EC | VG, VE < EC | PC > VE |
| Perineal laceration/wound |
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| Yes (n = 646) | 42.7 (8.4) | 30.9 (8.7) | 4.8 (3.0) | 15.8 (3.8) |
| No (n = 112) | 44.8 (6.4) | 35.1 (8.1) | 4.1 (2.4) | 13.8 (3.9) |
| F | 6.37* | 23.09*** | 5.05* | 25.03*** |
| Attended by family |
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| Yes (n = 355) | 43.6 (7.8) | 30.3 (9.2) | 4.7 (3.0) | 15.8 (4.0) |
| No (n = 397) | 42.5 (8.4) | 32.7 (8.1) | 4.8 (2.9) | 15.1 (3.8) |
| F | 3.67 | 14.1*** | 0.10 | 6.78** |
| Baby weight |
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| <2500 g (n = 95) | 42.1 (8.4) | 33.1 (7.7) | 5.1 (2.8) | 15.1 (3.7) |
| >2500 g (n = 662) | 43.2 (8.1) | 31.4 (8.8) | 4.7 (3.0) | 15.5 (3.9) |
| F | 1.49 | 3.16 | 2.25 | 0.70 |
| Neonate and feeding features |
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| Rooming-in |
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| Yes (n = 693) | 43.3 (8.0) | 31.7 (8.7) | 4.6 (2.8) | 15.5 (3.9) |
| No (n = 62) | 39.5 (9.5) | 29.2 (8.2) | 6.4 (3.7) | 15.7 (3.9) |
| F | 12.31*** | 4.8* | 22.16*** | 0.34 |
| Breastfeeding | r = –0.07 | r = –0.06 | r =0.12** | r = 0.07 |