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Maternal personality, social support, and changes in depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms during pregnancy and after delivery: A prospective-longitudinal study.
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Effect of Social Support During Labor on Satisfaction, Anxiety and Pain Level at a Jordanian Governmental Hospital
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Maternal Stress and Child Development: The Moderating Role of Interactive Shared Reading.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Depressive, anxiety symptoms and their co-occurrence among women seeking antenatal care in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Depression among Latina women in the United States from pregnancy to early postpartum: longitudinal examination of risk factors.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Exploring Self-Perceived Stress and Anxiety Throughout Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- People with symptoms of depression and those at significant risk of suicide show differences in their personality profile and sense of meaning in life.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Parental relationship satisfaction, symptoms of depression and anger/hostility, and the moderating role of perceived social support-a prospective cohort study in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Examining the Role of Type D Personality Traits in Predicting Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Postpartum Women.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Prenatal Attachment, Personality, and Depression in High-Risk Pregnancies During Pandemic Emergencies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe role of maternal personality and perceived social support for peripartum changes in psychopathological symptoms remains unresolved.
methodsIn a regional-epidemiological sample of 306 women, depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms were assessed three times during pregnancy and three times after delivery with the 21-item version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. In pregnancy, the Big Five personality traits and perceived social support were assessed with the short version of the Big Five Inventory and the Social Support Questionnaire.
resultsMultilevel analyses revealed that depressive (b = -0.055) and stress (b = -0.047) symptoms decreased from early to late pregnancy. After delivery, anxiety symptoms were lower (two months postpartum: b = -0.193; four/ 16 months postpartum: b = -0.274), but stress symptoms were higher (two months postpartum: b = 0.468; four/ 16 months postpartum: b = 0.320) than during pregnancy. Across the peripartum period, more conscientious and more extraverted women experienced lower depressive and stress symptoms (b = -0.147 to -0.177), and more emotionally stable women experienced lower depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms (b = -0.294 to -0.415). More emotionally stable women more strongly increased in anxiety during pregnancy (b = 0.019), and more extraverted women less strongly increased in depression after delivery (b = -0.010). Moreover, peripartum depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms were lower in women with higher perceived social support (b = -0.225 to -0.308).
conclusionsLess emotionally stable, less conscientious, and less extraverted women and women with lower perceived social support seem to be at increased risk for peripartum psychopathological symptoms and might thus particularly profit from targeted prevention.
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