Self-criticism and self-compassion as mediators of the relationship between alexithymia and postpartum depressive symptoms

Postpartum depression (PPD) is common after birth and can have a profound effect on women their families. It therefore important to understand the conditions factors that lead occurrence maintenance of PPD. The first aim current study was identify whether there relationship between alexithymia postpartum depressive symptoms (PPDS) in sample Romanian mothers. second explore self-criticism self-compassion mediate PPDS. cross-sectional included 307 mothers with babies aged four weeks one year. results show alexithymia, self-compassion, self-criticism, PPDS all correlated another, are significant predictors Moreover, mediated A psychological therapy increases reduces may be beneficial for preventing