Table 4.
Bivariate correlations between psychosocial variables and depressive symptoms in the sample of completers.
| Variable | Age | AM | N | E | PA | NA | SS | PRE Dep | POST Dep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | - | 0.14 | 0.17 | −0.8 | −0.15 | 0.13 | −0.18 | 0.21 * | 0.27 ** |
| AM | - | 0.26 ** | −0.01 | −0.13 | 0.29 ** | −0.17 | 0.38 *** | 0.20 * | |
| N | - | −0.21 * | −0.38 *** | 0.49 *** | −0.26 ** | 0.34 *** | 0.16 | ||
| E | - | 0.28 ** | −0.05 | 0.23 * | −0.15 | −0.18 | |||
| PA | - | −0.17 | 0.34 *** | −0.49 *** | −0.21 * | ||||
| NA | - | −0.03 | 0.36 *** | 0.10 | |||||
| SS | - | −0.16 | −0.10 | ||||||
| PRE Dep | - | 0.47 *** | |||||||
| POST Dep | - |
Note: AM, affective ambivalence; N, neuroticism; E, extraversion; PA, positive affect; NA, negative affect; SS, social support; PRE dep, pregnancy depressive symptoms; POST dep, postpartum depressive symptoms. *** p < 0.001; ** p <0.010; * p < 0.050. Sample size is 101.