BACKGROUND: Only some women with recurrent major depressive disorder experience postnatal episodes. Personality and/or cognitive styles might increase the likelihood of experiencing postnatal depression. AIMS: To establish whether personality and cognitive style predicts vulnerability to postnatal episodes over and above their known relationship to depression in general. METHOD: We compared personality and cognitive style in women with recurrent major depressive disorder who had experienced one or more postnatal episodes (postnatal depression (PND) group, n=143) with healthy female controls (control group, n=173). We also examined parous women with recurrent major depressive disorder who experienced no perinatal episodes (non-postnatal depression (NPND) group, n=131). RESULTS: The PND group had higher levels of neuroticism and dysfunctional beliefs, and lower self-esteem than the control group. However, there were no significant differences between the PND and NPND groups. CONCLUSIONS: Established personality and cognitive vulnerabilities for depression were reported by women with a history of postnatal depression, but there was no evidence that any of these traits or styles confer a specific risk for the postnatal onset of episodes.
BACKGROUND: Only some women with recurrent major depressive disorder experience postnatal episodes. Personality and/or cognitive styles might increase the likelihood of experiencing postnatal depression. AIMS: To establish whether personality and cognitive style predicts vulnerability to postnatal episodes over and above their known relationship to depression in general. METHOD: We compared personality and cognitive style in women with recurrent major depressive disorder who had experienced one or more postnatal episodes (postnatal depression (PND) group, n=143) with healthy female controls (control group, n=173). We also examined parous women with recurrent major depressive disorder who experienced no perinatal episodes (non-postnatal depression (NPND) group, n=131). RESULTS: The PND group had higher levels of neuroticism and dysfunctional beliefs, and lower self-esteem than the control group. However, there were no significant differences between the PND and NPND groups. CONCLUSIONS: Established personality and cognitive vulnerabilities for depression were reported by women with a history of postnatal depression, but there was no evidence that any of these traits or styles confer a specific risk for the postnatal onset of episodes.
Authors: R Martín-Santos; E Gelabert; S Subirà; A Gutierrez-Zotes; K Langorh; M Jover; M Torrens; R Guillamat; F Mayoral; F Canellas; J L Iborra; M Gratacos; J Costas; I Gornemann; R Navinés; M Guitart; M Roca; R DE Frutos; E Vilella; M Valdés; L García Esteve; J Sanjuan Journal: Psychol Med Date: 2012-07 Impact factor: 7.723
Authors: A Perry; K Gordon-Smith; I Webb; E Fone; A Di Florio; N Craddock; I Jones; L Jones Journal: BMC Psychiatry Date: 2019-12-12 Impact factor: 3.630