fa مقایسه هوش هیجانی و افسردگی پس از زایمان در دو گروه از مادران با زایمان طبیعی و سزارین General پژوهشي Research Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background and Aim: </strong>Depression is the most important psychological disorder after childbirth that could have adverse impacts on the mothers, their children, and their families. This study was designed to compare emotional intelligence and postpartum depression between mothers with natural vaginal delivery and cesarean delivery.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> In this descriptive analysis, 95 primiparous women included 49 natural vaginal deliveries (NVD) and 46 cesarean section (CS), that referred to health centers in Ferdows city and had inclusion criteria were studied. The data collection instruments consisted of a demographic questionnaire, standard Beck Depression Inventory and the Shering&#39;s Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, which completed by mothers three months after delivery. Reliability of questionnaires was obtained by using of Cronbach Alpha coefficient between 0.90 and 0.82 respectively. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 15 and independent t-tests, ANOVA, Range Tukey, Fisher&rsquo;s z, Pearson, and Regression with 0.05 significant level.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>In this study 63.3% mothers with NVD and 71.7% with CS were housewife, and 59.2% of mothers with NVD and 50% with CS were 25 years old or lower. Results showed that the mean score for postpartum depression, emotional intelligence and its components were not significantly different between two groups (p>0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between postpartum depression and emotional intelligence and its components in total and both groups of mothers with natural or cesarean delivery (p> 0.001).<br> <strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to findings, postpartum depression could be reduced by increasing emotional intelligence through performing educational programs and employing proper methods.</span></span></div> postpartum depression,Natural childbirth,Cesarean section,Emotional intelligence 55 62 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-495&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Masoumeh Ebrahimi معصومه ابراهیمی Yes Masoome Ebrahimi, MSc of Clinical Psychology and Lecturer in Paramedical and Health Faculty Ferdows, University of Medical SciencesBirjand, Iran. Email: Ebrahimi9438@yahoo.com معصومه ابراهیمی، کارشناس ارشد روان شناسی بالینی و مدرس دانشکده پیرا پزشکی و بهداشت فردوس دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. فردوس، ایران. تلفن:09153355929 پست الکترونیک: ebrahimi9438@yahoo.com Aliakbar Esmaeili علی اکبر اسماعیلی No Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatrist, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Science. Birjand, Iran استادیار گروه آموزشی داخلی - روانپزشکی، دانشکده پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند. بیرجند، ایران Mohammad Hassan GhaniFar محمدحسن غنی فر No Instructor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Birjand branch. Birjand, Iran مربی گروه آموزشی روانشناسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی بیرجند. بیرجند، ایران