Parental divorce in childhood does not independently predict maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy

• Main Authors: Elviira Porthan (Author), Matti Lindberg (Author), Eeva Ekholm (Author), Noora M. Scheinin (Author), Linnea Karlsson (Author), Hasse Karlsson (Author), Juho Härkönen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study sought to investigate if parental divorce in childhood increases the risk for depressive symptoms in pregnancy. Methods Women were recruited during their ultrasound screening in gestational week (gwk) 12. The final study sample consisted of 2,899 pregnant women. Questi...