The Mediating Role of Coping Strategies in the Relationship between Perceived Social Support and Postpartum Depression

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University.

Abstract

Postpartum depression is one of the most common and yet not diagnosed and treated diseases in more than half of the women. The present study investigates the mediating role of coping strategies in the relationship between perceived social support and postpartum depression. The study is a correlational research in which the statistical method of structural equation modeling was used. The population of the study consisted of 200 women who had a six months old babies. They were selected using convenience sampling from Tehran Health Centers. Research data were collected using the Lazarus and Folkman Coping Strategies Questionnaire (WOCQ), Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) and Perceived Social Support Scale (MSPSS). Data were analyzed using SPSS and Amos statistical software. The results of study confirmed the mediating role of coping strategies. The problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies explained 32% of the prevalence of depression among women. The indirect effect of perceived social support on postpartum depression through problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies was -0.13 and -0.06, respectively. The hypothesized model was well-fitted to the data. The results show that the emotion-oriented and problem-based coping strategies play significant role in relationship between perceived social support and depression.

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