Marital adjustment and depressive symptoms among Chinese perinatal women: a prospective, longitudinal cross-lagged study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective was to assess the prevalence of perinatal depressive symptoms and determine the trajectories of marital adjustment and depressive symptoms and their reciprocal relationships among Chinese perinatal women.

Design

This was a prospective, longitudinal cross-lagged study.

Setting

The study was conducted at the outpatient department of the largest women's and children's hospital in China, which is located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

Participants

Four hundred and sixty-three mothers were conveniently sampled.

Main outcome measures

The Dyadic Adjustment Scale and the Chinese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale were used to evaluate marital adjustment and depressive symptoms, respectively, at three time points: the firs

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619017 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature