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Post‐partum blues among K orean mothers: A structural equation modelling approach
Author(s) -
Chung Sung Suk,
Yoo Il Young,
Joung Kyoung Hwa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2012.00880.x
Subject(s) - structural equation modeling , pregnancy , post partum , depression (economics) , blues , medicine , obstetrics , psychology , physics , statistics , economics , mathematics , genetics , macroeconomics , biology , acoustics
The objective of this study was to propose the post‐partum blues ( PPB ) model and to estimate the effects of self‐esteem, social support, antenatal depression, and stressful events during pregnancy on PPB . Data were collected from 249 women post‐partum during their stay in the maternity units of three hospitals in K orea using a self‐administered questionnaire. A structural equation modelling approach using the Analysis of Moments Structure program was used to identify the direct and indirect effects of the variables on PPB . The full model had a good fit and accounted for 70.3% of the variance of PPB . Antenatal depression and stressful events during pregnancy had strong direct effects on PPB . Household income showed indirect effects on PPB via self‐esteem and antenatal depression. Social support indirectly affected PPB via self‐esteem, antenatal depression, and stressful events during pregnancy.