ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2025
Effects of psychosocial factors on postpartum depression: a half-longitudinal mediation analysis of cognitive reactivity.
Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a postpartum stress scale in early postpartum mothers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Risk factors and predictive modeling of postpartum depression among postpartum women: empirical evidence from Chongqing, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe prevention and treatment of perinatal depression are currently the focus of perinatal health care, with cognitive reactivity confirmed to be an important predictor. However, how cognitive reactivity mediates the relationship between psychosocial factors (e.g. family function, perceived stress, mindfulness, and insomnia) and perinatal depression remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the mediating role of cognitive reactivity between psychosocial factors and perinatal depression.
methodsBased on a half-longitudinal design, this study investigated 368 perinatal women from China in the third trimester (T1) and three months postpartum (T2) using the Perceived Stress Scale, Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale, Athens Insomnia Scale, Family Adaptation Partnership Growth Affection and Resolve Index, Leiden Index of Depression Sensitivity, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Data were analysed using structural equation modelling.
resultsThe overall fit of the hypothetical structural model is acceptable. The analysis confirmed a direct relationship between family function, perceived stress, mindfulness, and insomnia at T1, and cognitive reactivity at T2. Factors other than mindfulness at T1 had a direct effect on perinatal depression at T2. Furthermore, cognitive reactivity at T2 mediated the influences of family function, perceived stress, mindfulness, and insomnia at T1 on perinatal depression at T2.
conclusionsCognitive reactivity levels in the third trimester were stable predictors and mediators of postpartum depression. Effective strategies to reduce cognitive reactivity in perinatal women should focus on enhancing family function, mindfulness, and sleep quality and in guiding women toward adopting positive coping styles to alleviate stress levels, ultimately reducing postpartum depression.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.