title: The impact of social support on postpartum depression: The mediator role of self-efficacy.
abstract: This study aimed to investigate the impact of perceived social support on the depression of postpartum women, and mainly focuses on confirming the mediator role of self-efficacy. A total of 427 new mothers from two general hospitals in Beijing accomplished the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, General Self-efficacy Scale, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The results revealed that both social support and self-efficacy significantly correlate with postpartum depression. Structural equation modeling indicated that self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between social support and postpartum depression.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, P. R. China jshpsych@126.com.
authors.forename: Shenghua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: postpartum depression; self-efficacy; social support; structural equation modeling