A predictive study of post‐partum depression: Some predisposing characteristics

Hayworth, Jane; Little, Betsy C.; Carter, S. Bonham; Raptopoulos, P.; Priest, R. G.; Sandler, M.

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1980.tb01432.x

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“…This lends some limited support to the premise of a link between externality and dysphoric response to the stress of a presumably positive critical event, with the association more clearly emerging during the period of actual coping than during the period of anticipation. This finding is in line with the results of those studies of another positive critical life event, the transition to motherhood, which point to a significant tie between postpartum depression and prepartum attributional style (O'Hara, Rehm, & Campbell, 1982) or locus of control (Hayworth et al, 1980).…”

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confidence: 82%

Locus of Control of Israeli Women During the Transition to Marriage

Dimitrovsky

Schapira-Beck

Itskowitz

1994

The Journal of Psychology

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Sixty Israeli women were administered Rotter's (1966) Locus of Control Scale and Zung's (1965) Self-Rating Depression Scale 1 to 2 months prior to their marriages. Six to 8 weeks after they were married, they responded to Spanier's (1976) Dyadic Adjustment Scale and again to the Zung scale. There was a low but significant correlation between externality and depression following marriage. Mean depression scores for the total sample, and for women with internal, medium, and external locus of control (LOC) were significantly lower after marriage. Women with external LOC manifested significantly more change in depression scores before and after marriage and also rated themselves significantly less satisfied with their marriages. Depression prior to marriage was predictive of later marital dissatisfaction, and depression following marriage was highly correlated with concurrent dissatisfaction.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Locus of Control of Israeli Women During the Transition to Marriage

Dimitrovsky

Schapira-Beck

Itskowitz

1994

The Journal of Psychology

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“…Post-partum mood has also been related to variables such as anxiety during pregnancy (Dennerstein et al, 1989;Elliot et al, 1984;Hayworth et al, 1980), breastfeeding (Alder and Cox, 1983;Dennerstein et al, 1989), past history of psychiatric disorders (Ballinger, 1982;Paykel et al, 1980), premenstrual mood changes (Dennerstein et al, 1989), depression during pregnancy (Buesching et al, 1986;Dennerstein et al, 1989), housing problems (Oakley, 1980;Paykel 1980). Major factors in post-partum depressive complaints or unhappiness after childbirth seem to be a lack of support, especially by the partner, or marital problems (Dennerstein et al, 1989;O'Hara, 1987;Romito, 1989).…”

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confidence: 97%

Confinement in nulliparous women in the Netherlands: Subjective experiences related to actual events and to post-partum well-being

Kleiverda

Steen

Andersen

et al. 1991

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

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Subjective delivery experiences, obstetrical outcomes and post-partum well-being were studied in 170 nulliparous women who participated in a prospective study on the transition to parenthood. All of the women initially received antenatal care by midwives. Women who gave birth at home and those who gave birth in hospital voluntarily without referral did not differ either with regard to objective outcomes or subjective delivery experiences. Negative experiences were related to referrals during labour; other subjective experiences seemed to be related to the duration of the first and second stages of labour. Variables measured during pregnancy hardly predicted these experiences. Post-partum well-being was strongly related to well-being at the start of pregnancy, subjective experiences showing a minor predictive capacity of only 4%. As far as mode of delivery is concerned, the least well-being 6 weeks post-partum was found in women who had an instrumental delivery; low well-being at 34 weeks' gestation could be partially attributed to this phenomenon. Differences in post-partum well-being between women who delivered at home and those who gave birth in hospital were found; these differences probably depended more, however, on attitudinal characteristics than on the location of confinement. With regard to evaluations of the location of confinement, home confinements were assessed as most positive. Preferences for the location of confinement for a next pregnancy were, in the majority of cases, the same as for the present pregnancy, independent of actual events during the present pregnancy and confinement.

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“…The authors concluded that the incidence of 'neurotic' depression increased in early pregnancy and in the first three months postpartum; additionally, they noted that subjects usually suffered from either antenatal or postnatal depression, not both. In an investigation of the predictors of postpartum depression, Hayworth and others noted that women experiencing depression at 6 weeks postpartum (measured with a self-rating depression scale) tended also to have experienced depression at 36 weeks of pregnancy (Hayworth et al, 1980). Using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI - Beck et al, 1961), recent reports documented no significant change in the level of depression between prepartum and postpartum measurements (Atkinson and Rickel, 1984;Manly et a1.,1982;O'Hara et a1.,1982).…”

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confidence: 97%