Catala P, Suso-Ribera C, Carmona J, Marín-Morales D, Peñacoba C. Does pain after delivery unequivocally lead to postpartum depression? The moderating role of religious coping.
J Reprod Infant Psychol 2021:1-11. [PMID:
34789036 DOI:
10.1080/02646838.2021.2004584]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this work is to explore whether the relationship between pain after delivery and postpartum depression is increased or decreased by the use of religion as a coping strategy (moderation).
METHODS
A longitudinal cohort study was conducted. The sample was evaluated on three occasions: third trimester of pregnancy (religious coping), after birth (pain severity) and four months after delivery (postpartum depression). Participants were 122 women (mean age = 31.29; SD = 4.9: range = [22, 42 years]) with low obstetric risk.
RESULTS
Both pain severity and religious coping contributed to postpartum depression (r = .20, p = .029 and r = .28, p = .04, respectively). Religious coping exacerbated the relationship between pain after delivery and postpartum depression (B = -0.11, t = -2.48, p = .014, [-0.20, -0.02]). Depression was highest in participants using religious coping irrespective of pain severity levels.
CONCLUSION
These findings support the importance of person-environment interaction studies and provide new evidence on the deleterious role of religious coping in the well-being of women after childbirth.
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