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Psychosocial risk factors for dysfunctional beliefs towards motherhood
- Source :
- European Psychiatry, Vol 64, Pp S182-S182 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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Abstract
- Introduction Motherhood-related beliefs are characterized by themes of failure and maternal role idealization. Recent studies found that postpartum depression/PPD is both predicted and a predictor by/for dysfunctional beliefs/DB. Additionally, it is possible that when contextual factors (eg. lack of social support) are present, women may anticipate the parenting experience as being of isolation, which in turn can lead to more dysfunctional attitudes. Objectives To explore psychosocial risk factors for motherhood-DB. Methods 233 women were evaluated in the second trimester (17.05±4.82 weeks) of pregnancy and in the third month (12.08±4.25 weeks) postpartum sociodemographically and psychosocially (years of education, previous children and social support) and the Portuguese validated self-report questionnaires to assess: perinatal depression; perinatal anxiety; perfectionism; negative affect; self-compassion; and repetitive negative thinking (all in T0). The Attitudes Towards Motherhood Scale was administered in the postpartum. When Pearson/Spearmen correlation coefficients proved significant (p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09249338 and 17783585
- Volume :
- 64
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- European Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.927aeda5fcf4eef970389606be7a527
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.482