ArticleArchives of women's mental health2021
A model of risk for perinatal posttraumatic stress symptoms.
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- Posttraumatic stress disorder prevalence and childbirth: update meta-analysis after the introduction of the DSM-5 and COVID-19 pandemic.Archives of women's mental health · 2024Pooled it
- 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
- Transforming care by integrating maternity and psychological support: a mixed-methods evaluation of a Maternal Mental Health Service.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Exploring traumatic childbirth: Associations between obstetric violence indicators and perinatal posttraumatic stress.PloS one · 2025Article
- Network analysis of postpartum depression symptoms and perinatal risk factors in Chinese women: a prospective observational study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A panel network analysis of posttraumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms across the perinatal period.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2024Article
- From pregnancy to the postpartum: Unraveling the complexities of symptom profiles among trauma-exposed women.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Tokophobia: Psychopathology and Diagnostic Consideration of Ten Cases.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Childbirth as a traumatic event for attendant fathers.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Experiences of women with physical disabilities in labor and delivery assistance.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Longitudinal patterns of the relation between anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among postpartum women with and without maternal morbidities in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-lagged autoregressive structural equation modelling.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- The role of prenatal posttraumatic stress symptoms among trauma exposed women in predicting postpartum depression.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2022Article
- Subjective Birth Experience Predicts Mother-Infant Bonding Difficulties in Women With Mental Disorders.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
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- Implementing an Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing Treatment-Program for Women With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Childbirth.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Giving birth under hospital visitor restrictions: Heightened acute stress in childbirth in COVID-19 positive women.Research square · 2020Article
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Abstract
Existing research suggests that childbirth may be a significant trigger of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). The current study examined whether subjective birthing experiences and objective childbirth characteristics mediated the association between predisposing psychosocial factors measured during pregnancy (e.g., fear of childbirth, history of trauma, and social support) and PTSS during the postpartum period. Women were recruited during pregnancy from a large Midwestern hospital. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and depression, as well as PTSS-related risk factors, including social support, lifetime trauma exposure, fear of childbirth, subjective perceptions, and objective characteristics of childbirth, were measured during pregnancy and 4, 8, and 12 weeks postpartum. A path model revealed that subjective perceptions of childbirth mediated the association between fear of childbirth and PTSS at 4 weeks postpartum. Objective childbirth characteristics mediated the association between fear of childbirth and PTSS at 8 weeks postpartum, and there was a direct association between fear of childbirth and PTSS. Subjective perceptions of childbirth also mediated the effect of fear of childbirth on PTSS at 4 weeks postpartum when controlling for OCD symptoms. Further, the direct effect of fear of childbirth on PTSS at 8 weeks postpartum remained significant when controlling for OCD symptoms. The current study emphasizes the importance of fear of childbirth and subjective and objective birthing experiences in predicting postpartum psychopathology. Future research should examine these models in diverse and at-risk samples. Valid assessments and effective interventions for perinatal PTSS should be explored.
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