#59 - Relationship resilience buffers the association between pregnancy stress and postpartum depressive symptoms during COVID-19

Background Substantially elevated levels of stress, depression and anxiety have been reported by individuals that were pregnant and in the early postpartum throughout the COVID- 19 pandemic (Khoury et al., 2023). As perinatal mental health can have lasting impacts on parent health and child development, identifying protective factors to mitigate negative outcomes is crucial. This study investigated whether relationship resilience buffers the …