SynthesisHuman nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.)2023
Grandparental Support and Maternal Postpartum Mental Health : A Review and Meta-Analysis.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Social support as a coping resource for psychosocial conditions in postpartum period: a systematic review and logic framework.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Psychiatric History and Postpartum Depression: The Mediating Role of Obstetric Complications.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Mapping What Works to Strengthen the Relational Ecology of Early Child Development: A Systematic Scoping Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Article
- Grandparental involvement and preschoolers' externalizing problem behaviors: the mediating roles of family functioning and emotion regulation.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Mapping Postpartum Depression in Latvia: Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Women Receiving Outpatient Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a postpartum stress scale in early postpartum mothers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Depressive symptoms among migrant Chinese grandparents and intergenerational family conflict: a moderated mediation model.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding difficulties and maternal mental health: role of social support in rural northwestern China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Identification of risk- and preventive factors predicting child maltreatment in pregnant women with psychosocial problems.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Longitudinal associations between perceived father and grandparent support of mothers in early childhood, and maternal mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- "Little by little, I started feeling I am unable to handle my child alone" - Lived experiences of mothers with postpartum depression and anxiety.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Leveraging the interpersonal context of child development to promote family resilience: A universal prevention approach from preconception through early childhood.Mental health & prevention · 2024Article
- Association between social relationship of mentors and depressive symptoms in first-time mothers during the transition from pregnancy to 6-months postpartum.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2024Article
- Grandmothers matter: how grandmothers promote maternal perinatal mental health and child development.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Non-biological factors associated with postpartum depression among women in Shenzhen: a case-control study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- How prenatal cortisol levels relate to grandmother-mother relationships among a cohort of Latina women.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Analysis of Mental Well-Being in Postpartum Narratives Following a High-Risk Pregnancy: The Beautiful Agony.Journal of midwifery & women's healthArticle
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Abstract
Support from grandparents plays a role in mothers' perinatal mental health. However, previous research on maternal mental health has mainly focused on influences of partner support or general social support and neglected the roles of grandparents. In this narrative review and meta-analysis, the scientific evidence on the association between grandparental support and maternal perinatal mental health is reviewed. Searches in PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Scopus, and PsycINFO yielded 11 empirical studies on N = 3381 participants, reporting on 35 effect sizes. A multilevel approach to meta-analysis was applied to test the association between grandparental support and maternal mental health. The results showed a small, statistically significant association (r = .16; 95% CI: 0.09-0.25). A moderator test indicated that the association was stronger for studies reporting on support from the maternal grandmother in particular (r = .23; 95% CI: 0.06-0.29). Our findings suggest that involved grandparents, in particular mother's own mother, constitute a protective factor for the development of maternal postpartum mental health problems. These findings have clear implications for interventions. Future studies should examine whether stimulating high-quality support from grandparents is a fruitful avenue for enhancing maternal postpartum mental health.
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