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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 23, No. 6, 563-574 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/019394590102300603

Psychosocial Predictors of Postpartum Depression in Diverse Groups of Women

M. Cynthia Logsdon

School of Nursing, University of Louisville

Wayne Usui

Department of Sociology, University of Louisville

The purpose of this study was to test the extent to which a causal model developed from a theoretical formulation of postpartum depression was consistent with data collected from three groups of postpartum women. In this cross-sectional, correlational design, the samples consisted of primarily middle-class, Caucasian mothers of term infants and preterm infants, and low-income, African American mothers of term infants. Instruments included the CES-D Depression instrument, the Postpartum Support Questionnaire, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem instrument, and a question regarding closeness to partner. The causal model was tested with structural equation modeling. Importance of support, support received, and closeness to partner were significant predictors of both self-esteem and depression. Predictors of postpartum depression are the same across diverse samples of women, as proposed in the causal model.


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