ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Mums Alone: Exploring the Role of Isolation and Loneliness in the Narratives of Women Diagnosed with Perinatal Depression.
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- Factors affecting loneliness in pregnant women: A scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Tracing the developmental arc of matrescence: a phenomenological study of urban Indian mothers.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Validation of the Chinese Social Constraints Scale Among Malaysian Chinese Postpartum Mothers.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2026Article
- Birthing beyond the binary: An interpretative Phenomenological analysis of perinatal mental health experiences among genderqueer and nonbinary birthing people.International journal of transgender health · 2026Article
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- Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The lived experience of postpartum depression and psychosis in women: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
- A lack of sexual autonomy is associated with increased loneliness in young mothers.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Participant evaluation of MOMitor™-a smartphone-based application that monitors postpartum mental and physical health status.mHealth · 2025Article
- Loneliness in Pregnancy and Parenthood: Impacts, Outcomes, and Costs.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2024Review
- Anxiety, depression, and perceived wellbeing in antenatal women at risk of preterm birth: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Digital Tools in the Service of Peer and Social Support for Perinatal Mental Health.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- "There's an Etiquette to Zoom That's Not Really Present In-Person": A Qualitative Study Showing How the Mute Button Shapes Virtual Postpartum Support for New Parents.Qualitative health research · 2023Article
- 'Just snap out of it' - the experience of loneliness in women with perinatal depression: a Meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
In this study, we explore the role that isolation and loneliness play in the narratives of women diagnosed with perinatal depression. Isolation and loneliness are increasingly seen as risk factors for depression, including in the perinatal period, but little is known about whether, and in what ways, women themselves associate isolation or loneliness with perinatal distress. Based on the thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with fourteen mothers in England, we found that women often connected feelings of depression during and after pregnancy to feeling dislocated from their previous identities and relationships. Women felt lost, confined to their homes, and often unsupported by their partners and families. However, fears of being judged to be inadequate mothers made it difficult for women to make authentic connections with others or to express negative feelings, increasing isolation and depression. We drew on the intersectionality theory to illustrate how the intersect between motherhood and other aspects of women's identities (being young, single, deprived and/or from an ethnic minority) could leave some women particularly isolated and marginalised. Our conclusions emphasise the need to challenge social constructions of the good/bad mother, advocate for social change to lessen pressures on mothers, and develop support that addresses women's interpersonal contexts and social networks.
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