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Are Different Coping Styles Mitigating Perceived Stress Associated With Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant Women?
Author(s) -
Lau Ying,
Wang Yuqiong,
Kwong Dennis Ho Keung,
Wang Ying
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12105
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , psychology , depressive symptoms , avoidance coping , trait , moderation , perceived stress scale , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , medicine , anxiety , psychiatry , stress (linguistics) , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , programming language
Purpose To test the direct and moderating effects of different coping styles in mitigating perceived stress associated with antenatal depressive symptoms among 755 women. Design and Methods The P erceived S tress S cale, the T rait C oping S tyles Q uestionnaire, and the E dinburgh D epressive P ostnatal S cale were used to test different effects in multiple linear regression models. Findings 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. Practice Implications Health services should dedicate resources to teach women positive coping styles to decrease their vulnerability to developing antenatal depressive symptoms.