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Maternal Social Support Predicts Birth Weight and Fetal Growth in Human Pregnancy

From the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (P.J.F.), London, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles (C.D.-S.), Los Angeles, CA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine (C.A.S.), Irvine, CA; and Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky (P.D.W.), Lexington, KY.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Hypothesized model.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Structural model of fetal growth. All paths are significant at p < .05 except the paths between marital status and birth weight and between education and birth weight.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Model with indirect paths. All paths are significant at p < .05.