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JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
Volume 114, Issue 1-3, Pages 216-223Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.07.015
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Social support; Pregnancy; Depression; Women; Psychometrics
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD045735-04, R01 HD045735, 5 R01HD045735] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA019135] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [T32MH014235, T32 MH014235] Funding Source: Medline
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Background: Strong social support has been linked with positive mental health and better birth outcomes for pregnant women. Our aim was to replicate the psychometric properties of the Kendler Social Support Interview modified for use in pregnant women and to establish the inventory's relationship to depression in pregnancy. Methods: The modified Kendler Social Support Interview (MKSSI) was evaluated using principal components analysis. The association with depression was used as an indicator of external validity and was assessed by logistic regression. Results: Data from 783 subjects were analyzed. One large principal component, termed global support, (eigenvalue=6.086) represented 22.5% of the total variance. However, 6 of the 27 items (frequency of contact with spouse, siblings, other relatives, and friends, and attendance at church and clubs) had low levels of association (<0.4) and thus were excluded from suggested items for a total score. Varimax rotation of the remaining 21 items resulted in subscales that fell into expected groupings: mother, father, siblings, friends, etc. One unit and two unit increases in the global support score were associated with 58.3% (OR=0.417, 95% CI=0.284-0.612) and 82.6% (OR=0.174, 95% CI=0.081-0.374) reductions in odds for depression, respectively. Limitations: The ability of this social support scale to predict future depression in pregnancy has not yet been established due to cross-sectional design. Conclusion: The MKSSI is reliable and valid for use in evaluating social support and its relationship to depression in pregnant women. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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