Psychosocial predictors of early postpartum depressive and anxious symptoms in primiparous women and their partners

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Department

Psychology

Abstract

While the majority of research on postpartum depressive and anxious symptoms has focused on mothers, a growing body of research suggests a need to understand the role of the partner’s health and relationship quality as predictors of postpartum maternal depression, while also better understanding correlates of partner or paternal depression in the postpartum period. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate mother and partner stress, anxiety, mood, infant care support, and relationship quality as predictors of perinatal depressive and anxious symptoms in first time mothers and partners during the postpartum hospital stay.

Rights

Open Access, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN

1471-2393

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