ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
The Impact of Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress and Depression Symptoms on Couples' Relationship Satisfaction: A Population-Based Prospective Study.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05935371 (The Impact of Severe Perineal Trauma on Maternal Mental Health and Intra-family Relationships), which is not on this map. Cited by 69 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Impact of Severe Perineal Trauma on Maternal Mental Health and Intra-family Relationships
Who cites it
69 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.
- Preventing posttraumatic stress disorder following childbirth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Pooled it
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- An Integrative Review Exploring Womens' Experiences of Retraumatization Within Perinatal Services.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPooled it
- Single-session visuospatial task procedure to prevent childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder: a multicentre double-blind randomised controlled trial.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Trial
- From childhood to adult trauma and negative birth experiences: distal and proximal factors associated with childbirth-related posttraumatic stress symptoms.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Key factors associated with the development of childbirth-related acute and posttraumatic stress symptoms: a prospective cohort study on the role of pain-related constructs.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- From Compassion to Satisfaction: The Role of Body Appreciation in the Relation Between Flows of Compassion and Couple Satisfaction in Postpartum Women.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Antenatal intervention for childbirth trauma: the clinical profile of Australian women at a tertiary hospital.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Validation of the City Birth Trauma Scale in a sample of Norwegian mothers.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Access and barriers to treatment and counseling for postpartum women with and without symptoms of (CB-)PTSD within the cross-sectional study INVITE.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- "They are no longer really flashbacks; they are memories": a qualitative study of women's experiences of a brief intervention targeting childbirth-related intrusive memories.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- LGBTQ+ Couples' Sexual Health Experiences During Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Qualitative Survey Study.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2026Article
- Maternal and perinatal factors associated with childbirth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Associated factors of barriers to help-seeking among postpartum women with and without (childbirth-related) posttraumatic stress disorder: results from the cross-sectional study INVITE.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Associated factors for birth-related post-traumatic stress symptoms using a birth-specific measurement: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Assessing Perinatal Psychiatric Morbidity: Implications for Maternal Mental Health Care in Italy.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2025Article
- Emotional Disorders, Risk Factors, and Correlations of Post-Partum Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Sexual Function During Post-Partum Period.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- What Do Antenatal Women Want From Their Antenatal Education? A National Survey.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- The interplay of maternal and paternal postpartum depressive symptoms with children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms from childhood to adolescence: does socioeconomic status matter? A longitudinal cohort study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Article
- A qualitative description of birth trauma experiences from Ireland's first psychological birth trauma clinic.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
The couple relationship is of particular importance in the transition to parenthood and in the early childhood years because it is related to the well-being and mental health of partners, children, and the family. One factor that may substantially influence relationship quality and couple satisfaction after childbirth is the woman's experience of birth. Approximately 2-4% of women develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after childbirth, with potentially wide-ranging negative consequences for the women themselves and their families. To date, some qualitative studies have explored the influence of postpartum PTSD on couple relationship satisfaction. However, quantitative studies are sparse, with mixed results and methodological limitations. We hypothesized that postpartum PTSD will be prospectively associated with low couple relationship satisfaction, even when taking into account a variety of potential confounding variables, and that the effect of postpartum PTSD symptoms on couple relationship satisfaction will be mediated by postpartum depression symptoms. This study is based on data from the Akershus Birth Cohort study, a prospective cohort study. Information from hospital records and questionnaires completed at 17 weeks gestational age, as well as at 8 weeks and 2 years postpartum were used (
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