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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Estadística i Investigació Operativa |
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREMA - Grup de Recerca en Estadística Matemàtica i les seves Aplicacions |
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Mayoral, F |
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Martín-Santos, Rocío |
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Gelabert, Estel |
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Subirà, S. |
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Gutierrez-Zotes, A |
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Langohr, Klaus |
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Jover, M. |
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Torrens, Marta |
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Guillamat, R |
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Vilella, E. |
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de Frutos, R. |
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Roca, M. |
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Guitart, M. |
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Navinés, Ricard |
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Gornemann, I. |
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Costas, J. |
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Gratacos, Mònica |
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Iborra, J.L. |
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Canellas, F |
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Valdés, M. |
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García Esteve, L. |
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Sanjuan, S. |
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2012-04-16 |
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Martín-Santos, R. [et al.]. Research Letter: is neuroticism a risk factor for postpartum depression?. "Psychological medicine", 16 Abril 2012, vol. 42, núm. 7, p. 1559-1565. |
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0033-2917 |
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10.1017/S0033291712000712 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2117/16131 |
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eng |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3359638/pdf/S0033291712000712a.pdf |
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística aplicada::Estadística biosanitària |
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Mathematical statistics |
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Estadística |
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62P Applications |
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Research Letter: is neuroticism a risk factor for postpartum depression? |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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Although the relationship between personality and
depressive illness is complex (Shea, 2005), there is
empirical evidence that some personality features
such as neuroticism, harm avoidance, introversion,
dependency, self-criticism or perfectionism are related
to depressive illness risk (Gunderson et al. 1999).
Moreover, personality traits, especially neuroticism,
may explain the increased prevalence of depression
among females (Goodwin & Gotlib, 2004).
Few studies have explored neuroticism, extraversion
and psychoticism as risk factors for depression
after an event as stressful as childbirth. Pitt (1968) was
the first author to report high scores on neuroticism
and low scores on extraversion among postpartum
depressed women. Similar results were found in a
comparison of mothers with and without postpartum
depressive symptoms (Dudley et al. 2001; Podolska
et al. 2010). A case-control study comparing women
with recurrent major depression with and without a
history of postpartum depression found no personality
trait differences between them; however, those
with a history of postpartum depression showed
higher neuroticism and psychoticism and lower extraversion
than controls. These results suggested that
these traits did not confer a specific risk for the postnatal
onset episodes (Jones et al. 2010). Prospective
studies have also studied the link between personality
and postpartum depression; however, these data are
not conclusive due to methodological limitations, such
as sample size (Kumar & Robson, 1984; Watson et al.
1984; Areias et al. 1991; Boyce et al. 1991; Matthey et al.
2000), selection bias (Kumar & Robson, 1984; Areias
et al. 1991; Boyce et al. 1991; Matthey et al. 2000), or
depression assessment (self-report measures versus
clinical diagnosis: Boyce et al. 1991; Matthey et al.
2000; Dudley et al. 2001; Saisto et al. 2001; Van Bussel
et al. 2009) or because the authors did not take into
account confounding factors such as stressful life
events or social support (Watson et al. 1984; Kumar &
Robson, 1984; Boyce et al. 1991; Matthey et al. 2000;
Saisto et al. 2001; Verkerk et al. 2005; Van Bussel et al.
2009). (See Supplementary material, Table S1.)The aim of this paper was to extend the previous
knowledge of the role of neuroticism, extroversion
and psychoticism as risk factors for postpartum depression
(depression symptomatology and clinical diagnosis)
considering psychosocial variables in a large
cohort of women from the general population. |
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Peer Reviewed |