title: Are Different Coping Styles Mitigating Perceived Stress Associated With Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant Women?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the direct and moderating effects of different coping styles in mitigating perceived stress associated with antenatal depressive symptoms among 755 women.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Perceived Stress Scale, the Trait Coping Styles Questionnaire, and the Edinburgh Depressive Postnatal Scale were used to test different effects in multiple linear regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Direct effects of positive and negative coping styles were found. Positive coping styles have moderating effects on perceived stress but negative coping styles do not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health services should dedicate resources to teach women positive coping styles to decrease their vulnerability to developing antenatal depressive symptoms.
authors: Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.|School of Health Sciences, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Lau
authors: Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital, Chengdu, China.
authors: Yuqiong
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: School of Health Sciences, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, China.
authors: Dennis Ho Keung
authors: DH
authors: Kwong
authors: Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital, Chengdu, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000145:classification*; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Antenatal depressive symptom; coping style; perceived stress