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Postpartum depression (PPD) is estimated to affect one in five women each year. Social support, one of the strongest predictors of PPD, has been considered to be a potentially effective point of intervention. Unfortunately, efforts to reduce the prevalence of PPD via social support interventions have been largely ineffective. It is unclear why there has been incongruence between the strong protective effects of social support and its limited utility in interventions.One factor that has been largely overlooked in these efforts is women’s ability to actually utilize social support. Emotional intelligence, or women’s ability to understand and use their own and others’ emotions, may play a role in this process. Emotional intelligence may affect women’s use of social support, and corresponding risk for PPD. Building on existing models of the protective effects of social support, this research examined pregnant women’s emotional intelligence and its relationship to social support and subsequent symptoms of PPD. Results support the inclusion of emotional intelligence in models of social support and Symptoms of PPD. This study used a web-based, time-sequenced, data collection design. Structural equation modeling was used for analyses. |
