Role of infant-related stressors in postpartum depression.
Journal of Abnormal PsychologyPublished 1 January 1987
Joyce Hopkins, Susan B. Campbell, Marsha D. Marcus
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This study examined infant-related stressors as well as life event stress and social support as predictors of postpartum depression.
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This study examined infant-related stressors as well as life event stress and social support as predictors of postpartum depression. A sample of 25 depressed and 24 nondepressed, married, middle-class primiparous women was selected according to Research Diagnostic Criteria at between 6 and 8 weeks p
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