| Depressive symptomatology in pregnant and postpartum women. An exploratory study of the role of maternal antenatal orientations. | |
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PMID: 19266251 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Little is known about how an expecting woman's view of pregnancy, the child, and motherhood relates to antenatal and postpartum depressive symptomatology. In this study, we investigated the influence of the maternal orientations, as described by Raphael-Leff (Psychological processes of childbearing. The Anna Freud Centre, London, 2005), on the prevalence of depressive symptoms in pregnant and postpartum women. Four hundred three pregnant women participated in a longitudinal study and completed the EPDS and the HADS-D in each pregnancy trimester and between 8 to 12 and 20 to 25 weeks postpartum. In addition, measures of maternal orientation (PPQ), personality (NEO-FFI), coping styles (UCL), adult attachment (RQ), and parental bonding (PBI) were completed antenatally. Bivariate and multivariate analyses revealed that Neuroticism and the Regulator orientation are positively associated with the EPDS and HADS-D in both pregnant and postpartum women. These associations decreased in strength but remained significant after controlling for previous responses on the EPDS and HADS-D. Small negative associations were found between the Facilitator orientation and the HADS-D scores during pregnancy and the early postpartum period. However, this association did not hold its statistical significance within the hierarchical multiple regression models. The maternal orientations have a small but significant and independent contribution in the variance of depressive symptomatology in pregnant and postpartum women. |
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Johan C H van Bussel; Bernard Spitz; Koen Demyttenaere |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-03-06 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Archives of women's mental health Volume: 12 ISSN: 1435-1102 ISO Abbreviation: Arch Womens Ment Health Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
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Created Date: 2009-05-13 Completed Date: 2010-02-23 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9815663 Medline TA: Arch Womens Ment Health Country: Austria |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 155-66 Citation Subset: IM |
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Family and Sexuality Studies, Kapucijnenvoer 33, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. johan.vanbussel@med.kuleuven.be |
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Adaptation, Psychological Adult Anxiety Disorders / epidemiology*, psychology Cohort Studies Comorbidity Depression / epidemiology*, psychology Depression, Postpartum / epidemiology Female Humans London / epidemiology Longitudinal Studies Mothers / psychology* Multivariate Analysis Object Attachment Personality Postpartum Period / psychology* Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications / epidemiology*, psychology Pregnancy Trimesters / psychology* Prevalence Questionnaires Risk Factors Young Adult |
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