CORRELATION BETWEEN POSTNATAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND OPTIMISM/PESSIMISM-A ONE YEAR FOLLOW UP STUDY-
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Accession number;04A0062356
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| Title;CORRELATION BETWEEN POSTNATAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND OPTIMISM/PESSIMISM-A ONE YEAR FOLLOW UP STUDY- |
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YAMASHITA JUNKO
(Kurume Univ., JPN)
IWAMOTO SUMIKO
(Kyushu Univ., Faculty of Medicine, JPN)
YOSHIDA KEIKO
(Kyushu Univ., Faculty of Medicine, JPN)
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Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Journal Code:Z0387B
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ISSN:0289-0968
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VOL.44;NO.5;PAGE.440-455(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.3, REF.32 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS, Cox et al., 1987) was used three times to check seventy, postnatal mothers who received home visits from a community health center. The first visit took place several weeks after delivery, the others after 6 and 12 months. At the check, the Life Orientation Test, which reflects optimism/pessimism (Sonoda et al., 1998), was given. The correlation between the depressive scores of the women during the first year after birth and the trait of optimism/pessimism was analyzed. Three groups of postnatal mood patterns emerged, each having a characteristic correlation with the optimism/pessimism trait: the normal group (1) whose members showed no depression at any check-up visit and had high optimism and low pessimism; the intermediate group (2) whose members showed depression at the 6-month visit and had high pessimism only; and the continuous depression group (3) whose members showed depression at each visit and had low optimism and high pessimism. A typical case from each of groups (2) and (3) is reported. In the group (2) case there is a link between the mother's pessimism and the child care situation. We suggest that attention should be paid mothers' mental health for at least one year after delivery, as well as during the early postnatal period. (author abst.) |
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