Fielding Graduate University, United States.
Infant Behav Dev. 2012 Dec;35(4):662-8. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.07.006. Epub 2012 Sep 14.
Prenatal depression is a significant predictor of postpartum depression and is detrimental to fetal development. Locus of control was examined in this study as a potential predictor of prenatal depression. One hundred and thirty-three rural pregnant women recruited from obstetricians' offices completed the Levenson Scale on Locus of Control and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Multiple regression analysis indicated that after controlling for previous or current mental health problems, the External Locus of Control-Chance Scale accounted for 17% of the variance in depression scores.
产前抑郁症是产后抑郁症的一个重要预测因素，对胎儿发育有害。本研究考察了控制源是否为产前抑郁症的潜在预测因素。从妇产科医生办公室招募的 133 名农村孕妇完成了控制源量表和爱丁堡产后抑郁量表。多元回归分析表明，在控制了以前或目前的心理健康问题后，外部控制源-机会量表解释了抑郁评分中 17%的差异。
