SynthesisBehaviour research and therapy2016
Rumination and postnatal depression: A systematic review and a cognitive model.
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- Neural correlates of peripartum depression: a systematic review, meta-analysis and comparison to major depressive disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Associations between attentional disengagement from distressed infant faces and cortisol reactivity are moderated by depressive symptoms in pregnant women: an eye-tracking study.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Cognitive biases: potential behavioral marker for future development of postpartum depression and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Stigma and its influencing factors in female patients with high-risk HPV infection: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychological Impact in Early Pregnancy Loss: The Effects of Disclosing the Causative Chromosomal Anomaly.Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2025Article
- The effect of perceived parental rejection on depression in high school students: the chain mediating role of rumination and alexithymia.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Brain mechanisms of rumination and negative self-referential processing in adolescent depression.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Difficulties in Pregnancy Adjustment as Predictors of Perinatal Depression: Indirect Effects through the Role of Brooding Rumination and Maternal-Fetal Bonding.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- The effectiveness of behavioral activation therapy on the symptoms of depression, rumination, and social-occupational functioning impairment among women with postpartum depression.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Perceived parental warmth attenuates the link between perceived parental rejection and rumination in Chinese early adolescents: two conditional moderation models.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Individual differences in symptoms of maternal depression and associations with parenting behavior.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2022Article
- Perceived social support and prenatal wellbeing; The mediating effects of loneliness and repetitive negative thinking on anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives · 2022Article
- Working Memory During Late Pregnancy: Associations With Antepartum and Postpartum Depression Symptoms.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
- Do parental cognitions during pregnancy predict bonding after birth in a low-risk sample?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Looking on the Bright Side Reduces Worry in Pregnancy: Training Interpretations in Pregnant Women.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2021Article
- Content and Themes of Repetitive Thinking in Postnatal First-Time Mothers.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Repetitive Negative Thinking and Interpretation Bias in Pregnancy.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2020Article
- Mindfulness and nocturnal rumination are independently associated with symptoms of insomnia and depression during pregnancy.Sleep health · 2020Article
- Depression and suicidal ideation in pregnancy: exploring relationships with insomnia, short sleep, and nocturnal rumination.Sleep medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
Postnatal depression (PND) confers risk for a range of negative child developmental outcomes, at least in part through its impact on parenting behaviour. Whilst the behavioural effects of depression on parenting are well established, the cognitive mechanisms that may mediate this effect are less well understood. The current paper proposes that rumination may be a key cognitive mechanism through which parenting is affected in PND, and provides a systematic review of the existing literature on rumination in the context of perinatal depression. The review identifies ten relevant papers. Eight are questionnaire-based studies examining the role of rumination in predicting future depression and/or mother-infant relationship outcomes, such as bonding. Two are experimental studies examining the effects of induced rumination on parenting behaviours. The results of the review are discussed, and remaining questions highlighted. We then present a new theoretical model, developed specifically for the perinatal context, and informed by existing models of rumination and worry. Our cognitive model emphasises the relationship between rumination, cognitive biases and cognitive control, and the impact of these variables on infant cue processing and subsequent parenting responses. The model provides a potential framework for future work in this area, and to guide the development of treatment interventions.
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