APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Resilience Resources Are Associated with Lower Levels of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms throughout Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Melissa Julian
George Washington University - Jessica Irwin
University of California, Los Angeles - Huynh-Nhu Le
George Washington University - Calvin Hobel
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Mary Coussons-Read
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - Christine Dunkel Schetter
University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract
The current study examines resilience resources (optimism, mastery, and positive affect) and associations with depressive and anxiety symptoms in women during pregnancy through one-year postpartum. Results indicated that higher levels of resilience resources were associated with fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms throughout pregnancy and postpartum.
Risk/Resilience
