The development of a brief personality scale to measure vulnerability to postnatal depression

Boyce, Philip; Hickey, Anthea R; Gilchrist, Jemma; Talley, Nicholas J.

doi:10.1007/s007370170012

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“…Cronbach's alpha of 0.94 was reported for the instrument reliability (Dennis, 2003a). Maternal personality trait at 4 weeks postpartum was assessed using the Vulnerable Personality Style Questionnaire (Boyce et al, 2001). It is a 9-item instrument developed to assess personality traits.…”

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Prevalence and risk factors for comorbid postpartum depressive symptomatology and anxiety

Falah‐Hassani

Shiri

Dennis

2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Section: Predictorsmentioning

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Prevalence and risk factors for comorbid postpartum depressive symptomatology and anxiety

Falah‐Hassani

Shiri

Dennis

2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

152

120

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“…The Vulnerable Personality Style Questionnaire (VPSQ) is a 9-item self-report scale developed to reflect the common dimensions of personality that have been associated with an increased risk for postpartum depression 4 . Items are scored on a 5-point likert scale and summed to produce a total score ranging from 9 to 45, with higher scores indicating increased vulnerability.…”

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“…Second, instruments used to measure personality traits tend to be lengthy and therefore not practical for large-scale epidemiological studies. To address these problems, the Vulnerable Personality Style Questionnaire (VPSQ) was developed and psychometrically tested among an Australian population 4 . Additional Australian research has provided further evidence of predictive validity as high VPSQ scores have been shown to be a significant risk factor in the development of postpartum depression 5 .…”

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Further psychometric testing of a brief personality scale to measure vulnerability to postpartum depression

Dennis

Boyce

2004

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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The Vulnerability Personality Style Questionaire (VPSQ), a 9-item self-report personality scale, was developed to identify women at-risk for postpartum depression due to personality vulnerability. Preliminary research with this scale suggests it has satisfactory psychometric properties. The purpose of this methodological study was to further examine the psychometric properties of the VPSQ in a sample of Canadian women. As part of a longitudinal study, women completed postal questionnaires at 1, 4, and 8 weeks postpartum that included the VPSQ, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Rosenburg Self-Esteem Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale. Five hundred and ninety-four women returned questionnaires suitable for analysis. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the VPSQ was 0.67 and significant correlations between the VPSQ and self-esteem (r = 0.58) and perceived stress (r = 0.55) scales were found, providing evidence for construct validity. In a logistic regression analysis, VPSQ was predictive of developing depressive symptomatology 1, 4 and 8 weeks postpartum; an increase of one point on the VPSQ increased the risk of developing postpartum depression 1.3 fold. The results from this study support the overall utility of the VPSQ. As such, this brief instrument is ready to assist in the identification of women at-risk of developing postpartum depression such that appropriate secondary preventive or treatment interventions may be initiated.

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“…The Vulnerable Personality Style Questionnaire (VPSQ) is a nine-item, two-subscale personality measure for identification of characteristics that increase risk of depression, in particular at times of life change, including after the birth of a baby (18). The Vulnerability subscale taps worry, inhibition, oversensitivity to the opinions of others, and lack of assertiveness; and the Organized/Responsive subscale assesses active coping strategies.…”

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Admissions for early parenting difficulties among women with infants conceived by assisted reproductive technologies: a prospective cohort study

Fisher

Rowe

Hammarberg

2012

Fertility and Sterility

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The development of a brief personality scale to measure vulnerability to postnatal depression

Cited by 59 publications

References 11 publications

Prevalence and risk factors for comorbid postpartum depressive symptomatology and anxiety

Prevalence and risk factors for comorbid postpartum depressive symptomatology and anxiety

Further psychometric testing of a brief personality scale to measure vulnerability to postpartum depression

Admissions for early parenting difficulties among women with infants conceived by assisted reproductive technologies: a prospective cohort study

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