Background. To assess personality characteristics of women who develop perinatal depression. Methods. The study started with a screening of a sample of 453 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, to which was administered a survey data form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2). A clinical group of subjects with perinatal depression (PND, 55 subjects) was selected; clinical and validity scales of MMPI-2 were used as predictors in hierarchical cluster analysis carried out. Results. The analysis identified three clusters of personality profile: two “clinical” clusters (1 and 3) and an “apparently common” one (cluster 2). The first cluster (39.5%) collects structures of personality with prevalent obsessive or dependent functioning tending to develop a “psychasthenic” depression; the third cluster (13.95%) includes women with prevalent borderline functioning tending to develop “dysphoric” depression; the second cluster (46.5%) shows a normal profile with a “defensive” attitude, probably due to the presence of defense mechanisms or to the fear of stigma. Conclusion. Characteristics of personality have a key role in clinical manifestations of perinatal depression; it is important to detect them to identify mothers at risk and to plan targeted therapeutic interventions.

MMPI-2: Cluster analysis of personality profiles in perinatal depression - Preliminary evidence / Meuti, Valentina; Marini, Isabella; Grillo, Alessandra; Lauriola, Marco; Leone, Carlo; Giacchetti, Nicoletta; Aceti, Franca. - In: THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL. - ISSN 2356-6140. - ELETTRONICO. - 2014:(2014), pp. 1-10. [10.1155/2014/964210]

MMPI-2: Cluster analysis of personality profiles in perinatal depression - Preliminary evidence

MEUTI, VALENTINA;MARINI, ISABELLA;LAURIOLA, Marco;LEONE, Carlo;GIACCHETTI, NICOLETTA;ACETI, Franca
2014

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Background. To assess personality characteristics of women who develop perinatal depression. Methods. The study started with a screening of a sample of 453 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, to which was administered a survey data form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2). A clinical group of subjects with perinatal depression (PND, 55 subjects) was selected; clinical and validity scales of MMPI-2 were used as predictors in hierarchical cluster analysis carried out. Results. The analysis identified three clusters of personality profile: two “clinical” clusters (1 and 3) and an “apparently common” one (cluster 2). The first cluster (39.5%) collects structures of personality with prevalent obsessive or dependent functioning tending to develop a “psychasthenic” depression; the third cluster (13.95%) includes women with prevalent borderline functioning tending to develop “dysphoric” depression; the second cluster (46.5%) shows a normal profile with a “defensive” attitude, probably due to the presence of defense mechanisms or to the fear of stigma. Conclusion. Characteristics of personality have a key role in clinical manifestations of perinatal depression; it is important to detect them to identify mothers at risk and to plan targeted therapeutic interventions.
2014
Adult; Cluster Analysis; Depression; Depression, Postpartum; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Young Adult; MMPI; Personality; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); 2300; Medicine (all)
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MMPI-2: Cluster analysis of personality profiles in perinatal depression - Preliminary evidence / Meuti, Valentina; Marini, Isabella; Grillo, Alessandra; Lauriola, Marco; Leone, Carlo; Giacchetti, Nicoletta; Aceti, Franca. - In: THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL. - ISSN 2356-6140. - ELETTRONICO. - 2014:(2014), pp. 1-10. [10.1155/2014/964210]
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