Family type and depression in pregnancy: factors mediating risk in a community sample.

A study was conducted to examine the rate of severe depression among women in single-parent and biological families and in a variety of stepfamilies. Data were collected from a community sample of 13,088 pregnant women in Britain. Findings indicated that, compared with women in biological families...

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Published in:	Journal of Marriage & Family Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 757 - 771
Main Authors:	O'Connor, Thomas G., Hawkins, Neil, Dunn, Judy
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell August 1998
Subjects:	Single-parent families Stepfamilies Pregnancy & psychology Mental depression
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost