TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Locus of control and depression preand postpartum
JO  - Journal of reproductive and infant psychology
A1  - Dimitrovsky, Lilly
A1  - Perez-hirshberg, Michal
A1  - Itskowitz, Rivka
SP  - 235
EP  - 235
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
N2  - Fifty-four primiparous women were administered Rotter's Locus of Control Scale and Zung's Self-rating Depresision Scale during the last trimester of pregnancy. Four to eight weeks postpartum they again responded to the Zung scale. External locus of control showed a low but significant correlation with prepartum depression but was not predictive of postpartum depression. Mean scores and incidence for depression pre- and postpartum were consistently slightly but not significantly higher for externals than for internals. Extreme externals had a significantly higher mean depression score prepartum, but not postpartum, than extreme internals. Differences between the mean pre- and post-partum scores were minimal for the total group, internals and externals, but many women showed marked changes in either direction. The correlation between pre- and postpartum depression scores was significant for internals but not for externals. The mean change in depression from preto postpartum was significantly greater for externals than for internals. Significantly more externals than internals showed a change form pre- to postpartum greater than the mean change for the overall group. Among those with the most extreme change there were significantly more externals, and among those with the least change significantly more internals.<p /> 
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SN  - 0264-6838
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646838708403498
ID  - ref1
ER  -