Resilience mediates the relationship between household dysfunction in childhood and postpartum depression in adolescent mothers in Peru

• Published in: Comprehensive psychiatry Vol. 104; p. 152215
• Main Authors: Carroll, Haley, Rondon, Marta B., Sanchez, Sixto E., Fricchione, Gregory L., Williams, Michelle A., Gelaye, Bizu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent mothers; Child & adolescent mental health; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Child development; Child psychology; Childhood; Children; Children & youth; Community organizations; Coping; Domestic violence; Health problems; Households; Imprisonment; Infants; Low income groups; Maternal and infant welfare; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Mothers; Obesity; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy; Questionnaires; Reproductive health; Research methodology; Resilience; Resilience (Psychology); Risk exposure; Risk factors; Skills; Suicides & suicide attempts; Teenagers; Womens health; Peru
• ISSN: 0010-440X; 1532-8384; 1532-8384
• DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152215

•Childhood household dysfunction is positively related to postpartum depression in adolescent mothers in Peru.•Resilience skills partially mediated the relation between childhood household dysfunction and postpartum depression.•Future work should investigate factors of resilience related to mental health effects of childhood household dysfunction.