Social support moderates the relation between childhood trauma and prenatal depressive symptoms in adolescent mothers

Conclusion: Findings support the stress-buffering model in that those with more stressors may benefit more from social support than those with fewer stressors. These results highlight the importance of social support and inform prenatal depression prevention/intervention strategies particularly with pregnant adolescents.PMID:34120538 | DOI:10.1080/02646838.2021.1938980
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research