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- Title
Adult attachment, the transition to parenthood, and depressive symptoms.
- Authors
Simpson, Jeffry A; Rholes, W Steven; Campbell, Lorne; Tran, Sisi; Wilson, Carol L
- Abstract
Testing a model suggested by J. Bowlby (1988), this study investigated how a personal vulnerability (attachment ambivalence) interacts with perceptions of deficient spousal support before and during a major life stressor (the transition to parenthood) to predict pre-to-postnatal increases in depressive symptoms. Highly ambivalent women who entered parenthood perceiving either less support or greater anger from their husbands experienced pre-to-postnatal increases in depressive symptoms at 6 months postpartum. The associations between these 2 prenatal interaction terms and pre-to-postnatal increases in depressive symptoms were mediated by perceptions of declining spousal support across the transition period. Moreover, for highly ambivalent women, the association between prenatal and postnatal depression scores was mediated by perceptions of the amount of support available from their husbands.
- Publication
Journal of personality and social psychology, 2003, Vol 84, Issue 6, p1172
- ISSN
0022-3514
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.84.6.1172