title: The relationship among depression, parenting stress, and partner support in low-income women from Montevideo, Uruguay.
abstract: We investigated the prevalence and predictors of depression in low-income mothers (n = 99) of young children from Uruguay. We administered the Beck Depression Scale (BDI) and the Parenting Stress Index (PSI), and asked who is responsible for the main tasks of parenting and household care. We found a high prevalence of moderate-to-severe depression (BDI >19 points, 31.3%), with women with t scores > 90 on the PSI being seven times more likely to experience moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms than women with lower PSI scores (p <.01). This is the first investigation of the predictors of depression in urban Uruguayan mothers of low socioeconomic status.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Psychology, Catholic University of Uruguay , Montevideo , Uruguay.
authors.forename: Graciela I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Ardoino
authors.forename: Elena I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Queirolo
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barg
authors.forename: Daniela A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ciccariello
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kordas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014583:Uruguay / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult