ArticleFrontiers in psychology2021
Psychometric Validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support During Pregnancy in Rural Pakistan.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Screening programs for common maternal mental health disorders among perinatal women: report of the systematic review of evidence.BMC psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- A psychosocial intervention for prenatal anxiety decreases functional disability among pregnant Pakistani women: A moderated mediation approach using data from a randomized controlled trial.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Trial
- Multiple mediation analysis of a task-shared psychosocial intervention for perinatal anxiety: Exploratory findings from a randomized controlled trial in Pakistan.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Trial
- Perceived Social Support and Women's Empowerment and Their Associations with Pregnancy Experiences in Anxious Women: A Study from Urban Pakistan.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Trial
- The Association of Spousal Relationship Quality and Social Support With Maternal-Infant Bonding: Moderating Roles of Maternal Age and Paternal Occupation.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant StudiesTrial
- Cultural adaptation, validity and reliability of the Marathi language version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to screen depression in rural Maharashtra, India.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Online Racial Discrimination and College Student Mental Health: Social Support as a Moderator.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Sleep quality and its determinants among pregnant women in Northwest India: A cross-sectional study.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Psychosocial correlates of venous thromboembolism-preventive practices among pregnant and postpartum women in China: a cross-sectional structural equation modeling study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Pathways from prenatal anxiety to postpartum bonding difficulties in Pakistan: A prospective longitudinal study of psychosocial mediators and the buffering role of social support.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Supporting mental health during pregnancy: The feasibility of a combined peer support and mindfulness intervention, a quasi-experimental pre-post feasibility study.European journal of midwifery · 2026Article
- Nutrition and non-nutrition determinants of maternal mental disorders, stress and depression in pregnancy amidst a global pandemic: findings from Action against Stunting Hub Indonesia.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Poor Sleep Environment and Increased Insulin Resistance in Black/African American Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Level of Healthcare Facility and Psychosocial Factors Influence Perceived Self-Efficacy for Appropriate Use of Hydroxyurea: Experience from Caregivers of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Tanzania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) in Greek Secondary School Students.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Predictors of Academic Adjustment Among International Students in Rural Southern USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Maternal self-efficacy during infancy: Investigating the roles of depression and social support among mothers in rural Pakistan.Infant mental health journal · 2025Article
- Exploring the delivery of empathic care in task-shared settings: A psychometric study in rural Pakistan.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Receipt of a psychosocial intervention for prenatal anxiety and risk of perinatal intimate partner violence in Pakistani women.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Impact of prenatal depression, anxiety and stress on low birth weight: a retrospective case-control study in Karachi, Pakistan.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
13 authors.
Maria SharifHuman Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ahmed ZaidiHuman Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ahmed WaqasDepartment of Primary Care & Mental Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Abid MalikFaculty of Research, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Ashley HagamanDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Joanna MaselkoDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Katherine LeMastersDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Rakhshanda LiaqatHuman Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Samina BilalHuman Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Tayyaba BibiHuman Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ikhlaq AhmadDepartment of Public Health, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Siham SikanderHuman Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Atif RahmanDepartment of Primary Care & Mental Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Funding
Research Services CoreP2CHD050924 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KAREN B GUZZO · 2015 to 2026
$9.6MAddressing barriers to Scaling-up Perinatal Mental Health InterventionK43TW010399 · FIC · HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION · PI SIKANDER, SIHAM · 2016 to 2020
$391kFIC NIH HHS K43 TW010399NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD050924
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antenatal depressionperinatal depressionpostpartum depressionpsychometricsocial supportsocial support (MeSH term)validation
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