01409nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002400118653003700142653001500179653002000194100003600214700002500250245009800275300001200373490000700385520078300392022001401175020001401189       2011                            d  c06/2011bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aDepressive symptoms10aPerceived emotional intelligence10apregnancy.10aways o f coping1 aBeatriz Elena Beltrán-Jiménez1 aRogelio Ortiz-Acosta00aDepressive symptoms, perceived emotional intelligence and ways of coping among pregnant women  a255-2640 v173 aThe 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.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437