title: Post-Partum Depression, Personality, and Cognitive-Emotional Factors: A Longitudinal Study on Spanish Pregnant Women.
abstract: In this study, our purpose was to examine whether personality and cognitive factors could be related to post-partum depression (PPD), mediated by anxiety, in Spanish women. Women were evaluated for personality and cognitive factors after the first trimester, for anxiety in the third trimester, and for PPD 4 months after childbirth. A structural equation model revealed that personality and cognitive factors were associated with anxiety and PPD as predictors. Neuroticism and extroversion proved to be the most relevant factors. Conscientiousness was associated with pregnancy anxiety. Pregnancy anxiety appeared as an independent predictor of PPD. The model presented here includes personality and cognitive and emotional factors as predictors of PPD. Comprehensive care for pregnant women should contemplate assessment and intervention on all these aspects. Special focus should be on cognitive factors and emotional regulation strategies, so as to minimize the risk of later development of emotional disorders during puerperal phases.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud , Universidad Rey Juan Carlos , Alcorcón , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peñacoba-Puente
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada; and Department of Nursing , Universidad Rey Juan Carlos , Alcorcón , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marín-Morales
authors.affiliation: c Department of Nursing , Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón , Alcorcón , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Carmona-Monge
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud , Universidad Rey Juan Carlos , Alcorcón , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Velasco Furlong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D000075384:Neuroticism; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors