1. The Role of Social Support and Acculturation Factors on Postpartum Mental Health Among Latinas in the MADRES Pregnancy Cohort.
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Corona, Karina, Yang, Tingyu, Dunton, Genevieve, Toledo-Corral, Claudia, Grubbs, Brendan, Eckel, Sandrah P., Johnston, Jill, Chavez, Thomas, Lerner, Deborah, Lurvey, Nathana, Al-Marayati, Laila, Habre, Rima, Farzan, Shohreh F., Breton, Carrie V., and Bastain, Theresa M.
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SOCIAL support , *POSTPARTUM depression , *ACCULTURATION , *HISPANIC Americans , *TIME , *MENTAL health , *PREGNANT women , *LANGUAGE & languages , *PUERPERIUM , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *CENTER for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale , *RESEARCH funding , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *DATA analysis software , *WOMEN'S health , *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress , *LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
We examined the associations between social support and postpartum mental health in 137 U.S. and foreign-born Latinas in the MADRES pregnancy cohort. We also examined whether language, years in the U.S., and country of birth moderates these relationships. Participants were administered PROMIS support measures 1 month postpartum; the Perceived Stress and Postpartum Distress Measure 3, 6, and 12 months postpartum; and the CESD scale 12 months postpartum. Perceived stress was lower at 6 months postpartum for women reporting higher emotional (p = 0.01), informational (p = 0.03), and instrumental support (p < 0.001); and lower at 12 months postpartum for women reporting higher emotional support (p = 0.01). Distress at 6 months was lower in women reporting higher emotional support (p = 0.03). Interactions suggest that associations were stronger for mothers that speak Spanish, spent fewer years in the U.S., and were born in Central America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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