Interactions among alcohol dependence, perinatal common mental disorders and violence in couples in rural Vietnam: a cross-sectional study using structural equation modeling

Table 2 Full structural equation model (SEM) to predict perinatal common mental disorders in 230 women in Vietnam

Parameter estimates	SEM coefficient	Standard Error	p-value
Wife’s PCMDs
Intimate partner violence	0.26	0.12	0.02
Husband PCMD and AD
Neither PCMD nor AD	(reference)
Comorbid PCMD and AD	5.5	4.5	0.22
Only PCMD	0.04	0.3	0.89
Only AD	-0.10	132	0.99
Province: Ha Nam	0.56	0.2	0.03
(Wife) Affectionate and trusting relationship with own mother: No	0.66	0.2	0.008
(Wife) Coincidental life adversity: Yes	1.01	0.3	<0.001
(Wife) Fear of other family members: Yes	0.3	0.4	0.47
Intimate partner violence
Husband PCMD and AD
Neither PCMD nor AD	(reference)
Comorbid PCMD and AD	5.68	1.3	<0.001
Only PCMD	0.37	0.6	0.58
Only AD	0.28	167	0.99
(Husband) age (in years)	-0.07	0.04	0.11
(Husband) education: Year 9 and less	0.09	0.68	0.89
(Husband) permanent income: Yes	0.33	0.58	0.57
(Wife) Affectionate relationship with mother-in-law: No	0.9	0.55	0.10
First child: Yes	1.04	0.8	0.19
Household wealth index: Low	0.72	0.7	0.36
Intimate partner violence defined by
Wife’s perception of control from her husband (wife’s IBM Control score)	1.00
Care from husband to wife (wife’s IBM Care score)	-0.9	0.28	0.001
Fear of or experience of physical abuse from the husband	0.43	0.12	<0.001
Effect from husband comorbid PCMD and AD to probability of wife’s PCMDs
Indirect effect via intimate partner violence	1.50		0.02
Direct effect	5.54		0.23
Thresholds	Estimate
Wife’s PCMD	1.07
Intimate partner violence	1.70
Fit indices	Estimates
χ²/df (p-value)	41.5/49 (p=0.767)
RMSEA (Probability RMSEA <= .05)	<0.001 (p=0.99)
CFI	1.00
TLI	1.00

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