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. 2010 Fall;19(4):10-6.
doi: 10.1624/105812410X530884.

Self-efficacy and postpartum depression teaching behaviors of hospital-based perinatal nurses

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Self-efficacy and postpartum depression teaching behaviors of hospital-based perinatal nurses

M Cynthia Logsdon et al. J Perinat Educ. 2010 Fall.

Abstract

Based upon the Self-Efficacy Theory, this study examined the relationship between self-efficacy, self-efficacy-related variables, and postpartum depression teaching behaviors of hospital-based perinatal nurses. Findings revealed that teaching new mothers about postpartum depression is related to a perinatal nurse's self-efficacy in postpartum-depression teaching, self-esteem, and the following self-efficacy-related variables: social persuasion (supervisor's expectations for teaching); mastery (postpartum depression continuing education and teaching experience); and vicarious experience (observing other nurses teach new mothers about postpartum depression). Teaching new mothers about postpartum depression can assist mothers in overcoming barriers to depression treatment. Nurse educators and managers play an important role in encouraging postpartum depression education for perinatal nurses.

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