ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2013
Anxiety symptoms and coping strategies in the perinatal period.
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- The influence of lifestyles to cope with stress over mental health in pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Maternal mental health in the first year postpartum in a large Irish population cohort: the MAMMI study.Archives of women's mental health · 2022Article
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- The Important Role of Partner Support in Women's Mental Disorders During the Perinatal Period. A Literature Review.Maedica · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of the present study was to explore the prospective relationship between anxiety symptoms and coping strategies during late pregnancy and early postpartum.
methodsParticipants completed the Hospital Anxiety Depression-Anxiety subscale and Carver's Brief COPE at two time points, namely during the last trimester of pregnancy (N = 400) and at two months postpartum (N = 158).
resultsAntenatally, 18.8% of pregnant women presented severe anxiety symptoms while 20.2% of women presented severe anxiety symptoms after birth. Carver's proposed coping styles allowed to significantly distinguish between anxious and non anxious women during these two periods. Anxious women used significantly more inappropriate coping and less adaptive coping responses, such as self-blame and denial of reality, which remained associated with anxiety in the perinatal period. Our results also indicated a decrease in adaptive coping in women without anxiety after birth (e.g. acceptance, positive reframing).
conclusionOur findings confirm that antenatal and postnatal anxiety symptoms occur frequently and that inappropriate and/or non functional coping may account for persisting anxiety after childbirth. LIMITATIONS: Data were based on self-reports and participating women were predominantly primiparous. A high drop-out rate at two months postpartum must also be acknowledged.
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