ArticlePloS one2022
Perceived social support on postpartum mental health: An instrumental variable analysis.
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- The differential effect of sources of social support on postpartum depression: the mediating role of resilience.Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2025Article
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- Postpartum depression in Gujarat, India: Associations with social support, breastfeeding attitudes, and self-efficacy.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Joint Roles of Oxytocin- and Dopamine-Related Genes and Childhood Parenting Experience in Maternal Supportive Social Network.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Quality of Life and Sexual Satisfaction in the Early Period of Motherhood-A Cross-Sectional Preliminary Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Association of Social Support and Postpartum Depression According to the Time After Childbirth in South Korea.Psychiatry investigation · 2023Article
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Abstract
The postpartum period is a challenging transition period with almost one in ten mothers experiencing depression after childbirth. Perceived social support is associated with mental health. Yet empirical evidence regarding the causal effects of social support on postpartum mental health remains scarce. In this paper, we used a nationally representative panel data of women to examine causality between perceived social support and postpartum mental health. We used fixed-effect method and included dependent variable lags to account for past mental health condition before birth (i.e., the pre-pregnancy and prenatal periods). The study also used an instrumental variable approach to address endogeneity. We find a declining trend in postpartum mental health between 2002 to 2018. Our study also showed that past mental health (i.e., before childbirth) is positively correlated with postpartum mental health. A universal routine mental health screening for expectant and new mothers should remain a key priority to ensure mental wellbeing for the mothers and their infants.
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