The structural model of mother-infant bonding in the first pregnancy based on the mother’s attachment style and parenting style: the mediating role of mentalization and shame

Table 4 Path coefficients of direct effects of variables and significance of estimated parameters

Independent variable	Dependent variable	Unstandardized coefficient	Standardized coefficient	Standard error	t	P
Secure attachment style	Mother-infant bonding	−0.34	− 0.11	0.16	−2/13	0.03
Anxious attachment style	Mother-infant bonding	0.16	0.07	0.09	1.70	0.08
Avoidant attachment style	Mother-infant bonding	0.38	0.08	0.16	2.31	0.02
Authoritative parenting style	Mother-infant bonding	−0.26	−0.12	0.10	−2.51	0.01
Permissive parenting style	Mother-infant bonding	−0.10	−0.03	0.09	−1.12	0.26
Authoritarian parenting style	Mother-infant bonding	0.25	0.11	0.1	2.58	0.01
Mentalization	Mother-infant bonding	−0.19	−0.14	0.06	−2.90	0.004
Shame	Mother-infant bonding	0.87	0.39	0.10	8.70	0.001
Secure attachment style	Mentalization	0.89	0.42	0.11	7.72	0.001
Anxious attachment style	Mentalization	−0.15	−0.08	0.07	−1.94	0.05
Avoidant attachment style	Mentalization	−0.29	−0.08	0.13	−2.28	0.02
Authoritative parenting style	Mentalization	0.58	0.36	0.07	7.35	0.001
Permissive parenting style	Mentalization	0.23	0.10	0.07	3.30	0.001
Authoritarian parenting style	Mentalization	0.04	0.02	0.08	0.49	0.61
Secure attachment style	Shame	−0.51	−0.39	0.07	−6.65	0.001
Anxious attachment style	Shame	0.22	0.21	0.05	4.39	0.001
Avoidant attachment style	Shame	0.41	0.19	0.08	4.8	0.001
Authoritative parenting style	Shame	−0.06	−0.06	0.05	−1.12	0.26
Permissive parenting style	Shame	−0.22	−0.16	− 0.04	−4.73	0.001
Authoritarian parenting style	Shame	0.11	0.11	0.05	2.14	0.32

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