Resilience mediates the relationship between household dysfunction in childhood and postpartum depression in adolescent mothers in Peru
Haley A. Carroll, Marta B. Rondón, Sixto E. Sánchez, Gregory L. Fricchione, Michelle A. Williams, Bizu Gelaye
Abstract
• Childhood household dysfunction is positively related to postpartum depression in adolescent mothers in Peru. • Resilience skills partially mediated the relation between childhood household dysfunction and postpartum depression. • Future work should investigate factors of resilience related to mental health effects of childhood household dysfunction.
Topics & Concepts
Psychological resiliencePostpartum depressionDepression (economics)Mental healthPsychologyDevelopmental psychologyDepressive symptomsResilience (materials science)Clinical psychologyPsychiatryMedicinePregnancyCognitionPsychotherapistBiologyGeneticsThermodynamicsEconomicsPhysicsMacroeconomicsMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentResilience and Mental Health