TY - JOUR KW - Depressive symptoms KW - Perceived emotional intelligence KW - pregnancy. KW - ways o f coping AU - Beatriz Elena Beltrán-Jiménez AU - Rogelio Ortiz-Acosta AB - The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between PEI levels (perceived emotional intelligence), ways of coping and depressive symptoms during pregnancy. For this purpose, we used the Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24 which evaluates perceived emotional intelligence (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey & Palafai, 1995), the Ways of Coping Scale (Ruiz, Hernández & Hernández, 2004), and adapted version of Edimburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (Cox, Holden & Sagovsky, 1987) in 668 pregnant women. Our results show that excessive emotional attention increases depressive symptoms, desiderative thoughts, resignation and self-blame. Increasing emotional Clarity and Repair reduces depressive symptoms and enables the use of more adaptative ways of coping during pregnancy. IS - 2-3 M3 - Journal article N2 - The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between PEI levels (perceived emotional intelligence), ways of coping and depressive symptoms during pregnancy. For this purpose, we used the Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24 which evaluates perceived emotional intelligence (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey & Palafai, 1995), the Ways of Coping Scale (Ruiz, Hernández & Hernández, 2004), and adapted version of Edimburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (Cox, Holden & Sagovsky, 1987) in 668 pregnant women. Our results show that excessive emotional attention increases depressive symptoms, desiderative thoughts, resignation and self-blame. Increasing emotional Clarity and Repair reduces depressive symptoms and enables the use of more adaptative ways of coping during pregnancy. PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés PY - 2011 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 255 EP - 264 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Depressive symptoms, perceived emotional intelligence and ways of coping among pregnant women VL - 17 ER -