Is positive affect in pregnancy protective of postpartum depression?

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictive/protective role of negative affect/positive affect in late pregnancy on the outcome of postpartum depression. METHODS: A total of 491 pregnant women participated in the study. The participants were asked to fill out a series of questionnaires, which included...

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Main Authors: Sandra Carvalho Bos, António Macedo, Mariana Marques, Ana Telma Pereira, Berta Rodrigues Maia, Maria João Soares, José Valente, Ana Allen Gomes, Maria Helena Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2013-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462013000100003&lng=en&tlng=en