Two cross-lagged longitudinal studies were carried out to investigate the extent to which the adjustment of personal goals to match the particular stage-specific demands of the transition to motherhood has consequences for @entity1 's @entity308 . In Study 1. 348 @entity1 filled out a revised version of Little's (1983) Personal Project Analysis and a revised version of Beck's @entity308 Inventory (A. T. Beck. C. H. Ward. M. Mendelsohn, L. Mock, _ J. Erlaugh. 1961) 4 times: during early pregnancy, 1 month before childbirth, 3 months after childbirth. and 2 years after childbirth. In Study 2. 140 @entity1 who reported high levels of fear of childbirth filled out identical measures during early pregnancy, 1 month before childbirth, and 3 months after childbirth. The results showed that an increase in family-related goals during pregnancy and after the birth of the @entity1 predicted a decline in @entity1 's @entity308 . By contrast, an increase in self-focused goals predicted an increase in @entity1 's @entity308 .

Goal reconstruction and XXXX during the transition to motherhood: evidence from two cross-lagged longitudinal studies.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['child', 'women'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depressive symptoms', 'Depression']
@entity308 :: (MESH:D003866,Disease) :: ['depressive symptoms']
