TABLE 5.
Spearman correlations between psychological variables and depressive symptoms
| Variables | EPDS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N | r | p | |
| Personality | |||
| EPQ‐RS (N) | 247 | 0.56 | <.001 |
| EPQ‐RS (E) | 247 | −0.22 | .001 |
| EPQ‐RS (P) | 247 | 0.25 | <.001 |
| STAI‐T | 244 | 0.72 | <.001 |
| RSES | 247 | −0.50 | <.001 |
| PANAS+ | 240 | −0.45 | <.001 |
| PANAS− | 240 | 0.63 | <.001 |
| Coping | |||
| ACQ‐R (EC) | 256 | −0.45 | <.001 |
| ACQ‐R (TC) | 256 | −0.34 | <.001 |
| ACQ‐R (SC) | 256 | −0.37 | <.001 |
| ACQ‐R total | 256 | −0.48 | <.001 |
| CSQ (SSS) | 227 | −0.21 | .001 |
| CSQ (EEO) | 227 | 0.22 | .001 |
| CSQ (RLG) | 227 | 0.06 | .358 |
| CSQ (FPS) | 227 | −0.35 | <.001 |
| CSQ (AVD) | 227 | −0.14 | .029 |
| CSQ (NSF) | 227 | 0.39 | <.001 |
| CSQ (PR) | 227 | −0.31 | <.001 |
| Stressful life events | |||
| SLES No. events | 228 | 0.21 | .001 |
| SLES total | 228 | 0.23 | <.001 |
| Anxiety symptoms | |||
| STAI‐S | 243 | 0.68 | <.001 |
| Adjustment and quality of life | |||
| MS | 243 | 0.39 | <.001 |
| QLI | 227 | −0.55 | <.001 |
| Social support | |||
| MAS | 224 | −0.37 | <.001 |
| MSPSS (F) | 226 | −0.30 | <.001 |
| MSPSS (Fr) | 226 | −0.34 | <.001 |
| MSPSS (OSP) | 226 | −0.21 | .002 |
| MSPSS Total | 226 | −0.39 | <.001 |
Abbreviations: ACQ‐R, Revised Anxiety Control Questionnaire (EC, emotional control; TC, threat control; SC, stress control); CSQ, Coping Stress Questionnaire (SSS, search for social support; EEO, emotional expression open; RLG, religion; FPS, focus on problem‐solving; AVD, avoidance; NSF, negative self‐focusing; PR, positive reappraisal); EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; EPQ‐RS, Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (N, neuroticism; E, extraversion; P, psychoticism); STAI‐T, Trait–Anxiety Inventory; MAS, Marital Adjustment Scale; MS, Maladjustment Scale; MSPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (F, family; Fr, friends; OSP, other significant people); p, level of significance; PANAS−, Affect Negative Scale; PANAS+, Affect Positive Scale; QLI, Quality of Life Index; r, Spearman's Correlation; RSES, Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale; SLES, Stressful Life Events Scale; STAI‐S, State–Anxiety Inventory.