Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40653-025-00720-2" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40653-025-00720-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40653-025-00720-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40653-025-00720-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

Original language description

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been linked with increased risk for postpartum depression, which subsequently can lead to poor maternal and infant outcomes. The present study investigated how different patterns of ACEs are associated with postpartum depressive symptoms and with use of depression screening services. A racially/ethnically diverse sample of low-income women (N = 427) in an urban, university hospital in the Mid-Atlantic region reported their ACEs, depressive symptoms, receipt of depression screening, and receipt of a postpartum home visit. Three latent classes of maternal ACEs were identified: Low ACEs (57% of the sample), High Parental Separation/Divorce (30%), and High/Multiple ACEs (13%). Participants in the High/Multiple ACEs classes reported the highest levels of depressive symptoms, followed by women in the High Parental Separation/Divorce class, then the Low ACEs class. There were no statistically significant differences in depression screening services used across the three classes. Findings highlight the importance of screening for maternal ACEs during the perinatal period and targeting depression prevention services based on ACEs. More specifically, findings suggest multiple types of ACEs at high levels may be a more important predictor of depressive symptoms postpartum than the specific types of ACEs that are experienced.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

ISSN

1936-1521

e-ISSN

1936-153X

Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

905-914

UT code for WoS article

001508061400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105007985124