Turning the pink cloud grey: Dampening of positive affect predicts postpartum depressive symptoms

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-69

  Raes, Filip ^a   Smets, Jorien ^a,b   Wessel, Ineke ^c   Van Den Eede, Filip ^d   Nelis, Sabine ^a   Franck, Erik ^e   Jacquemyn, Yves ^e,g   Hanssens, Myriam ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f Karel de Grote University College Antwerp   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Dampening; Depression; Positive affect; Postpartum depression; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RESPONSES TO POSITIVE AFFECT; RUMINATIVE RESPONSE SCALE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANHEDONIA; DAMPENING; DEPRESSION; POSITIVE AFFECT; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION; RUMINATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANHEDONIA; COGNITION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901976172     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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