High negative affect characterizes depression and anxiety.
Low positive affect is specific to depression.
Positive and negative affect not significantly associated. 

Correlations with Affect in Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

Spousal support influenced positive affect of Chinese urban postpartum women changing their maternal role adaption. ¾ thought their partners were supportive.

Spousal Support and Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

2,000 USD monthly household income for 49.9%, which is the average income in Shanghai.
Average age was 29.09 years.
66.1% had a college degree.
74.5% had support from parents and or in-laws in childcare.

Sample of Cross-sectional Study Done on Urban Chinese Postpartum Women

Participants were women greater than 18 years with a spouse and no cognitive dysfunction, who had a full term  pregnancy (gestation greater than 37 weeks) within the past year and had a healthy baby. Measured affective scores and spousal support. 

New Mexico Highlands University

Positive affect decreases following delivery then increases as per US study.
Maternal role development correlates negatively with maternal distress.
Study in Japan showed if there is no support from their spouse, they are still at risk for postpartum depression, even with support from their family.


Postpartum Women Concerns

He, S., Yang, F., Zhang, H., & Zhang, S. (2022). Affective well-being of chinese urban postpartum women: Predictive effect of spousal support and maternal role adaptation. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. https://doi-org.proxy.wichita.edu/10.1007/s00737-022-01240-w

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