The analysis identified three clusters of personality profile: two “clinical” clusters (1 and 3) and an “apparently common” one (cluster 2). A clinical group of subjects with perinatal depression (PND, 55 subjects) was selected clinical and validity scales of MMPI-2 were used as predictors in hierarchical cluster analysis carried out. The study started with a screening of a sample of 453 women in their third trimester of pregnancy, to which was administered a survey data form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2). To assess personality characteristics of women who develop perinatal depression.
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