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Amber Richardson1, Tiffany Field, Rae Newton, Debra Bendell.
Abstract
Prenatal depression is a significant predictor of postpartum depression and is detrimental to fetal development. Locus of control was examined in this study as a potential predictor of prenatal depression. One hundred and thirty-three rural pregnant women recruited from obstetricians' offices completed the Levenson Scale on Locus of Control and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Multiple regression analysis indicated that after controlling for previous or current mental health problems, the External Locus of Control-Chance Scale accounted for 17% of the variance in depression scores.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22982265 PMCID: PMC3494786 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infant Behav Dev ISSN: 0163-6383