Date of Award
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Art
First Advisor
Anita Sankar
Second Advisor
Leslie Minor-Evans
Third Advisor
Pamela Nickels
Abstract
This study investigated the relationships of income, depression level and marital satisfaction, in the second trimester of pregnancy, to levels of depression approximately six months after childbirth. Data from thirty-eight women, completing self-report questionnaires that included the CES-O depression scales, were analyzed from within a larger survey of one hundred and fifty-one primiparous mothers. The investigation revealed that levels of depression prior to delivery and income were strongly correlated to levels of depression postpartum. The relationship between marital satisfaction and depression was inconclusive.
Recommended Citation
Dement, Brian D., "The Relationships of Income, Predisposed Depression, and Marital Satisfactionto" (2000). Theses. 143.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/143
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