ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Mattering and Depressive Symptoms in Portuguese Postpartum Women: The Indirect Effect of Loneliness.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Psychosocial risk factors for depression and anxiety in European postpartum women: A scoping review.European journal of midwifery · 2026Review
- The relationship between specific problematic internet use and hope: academic exhaustion as mediator and mattering as moderator among Chinese university students.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Positive maternal mental health in pregnant women and its association with obstetric and psychosocial factors.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The General Mattering Scale, the Anti-Mattering Scale, and the Fear of Not Mattering Inventory: Psychometric Properties and Links with Distress and Hope Among Chinese University Students.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostpartum depression is described as the most prevalent clinical condition in the postpartum period, with several negative consequences. The current study aimed to understand the relationship between mattering, loneliness and depressive symptoms in Portuguese postpartum women and to examine the potential mediating role of loneliness in the relationship between mattering and depressive symptomatology among postpartum women.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included a sample collected online composed of 530 Portuguese women in the postpartum period, who answered self-report questionnaires to assess depressive symptoms, mattering, and loneliness.
resultsIt was found that the relationships between mattering, loneliness, and depressive symptoms were significant,
conclusionsThese results highlight the importance of studying loneliness as a possible risk factor for postpartum depression and alert to the pertinence of considering mattering and loneliness in the assessment and intervention with women in the perinatal period.
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