Postnatal mental health and parenting: The importance of parental anger

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Anger in the context of postnatal depression: An integrative review

“…We developed 3 themes from the selected qualitative 1,2,[22][23][24][25][26] (Table 1) and quantitative [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] (Table 2) Records screened (n = 1881) We developed 3 themes from the selected qualitative 1,2,[22][23][24][25][26] (Table 1) and quantitative [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] (Table 2) Re...…”

“…1,2,22,24,29,35 We identified themes that included the following: failure to reach standards of idealized motherhood, support from significant others not meeting expectations, and unanticipated loss of one's premotherhood self. 1,2,22,24,29,35 We identified themes that included the following: failure to reach standards of idealized motherhood, support from significant others not meeting expectations, and unanticipated loss of one's premotherhood self.…”

“…37 Many depressed mothers in the studies included in this integrative review depicted a lack of support from the network of people that they expected to provide support. 26,29,42 Some mothers reported anger when male partners were unsupportive in tensions with in-laws. 1 Lack of support from partners and relatives served as important predictors of mothers' anger and/or depression.…”

The role of adult attachment style, birth intervention and support in posttraumatic stress after childbirth: A prospective study

“…This research formed part of the Journey to Parenthood study (Parfitt & Ayers, 2012 Only women who completed the postpartum PTSD questionnaire were included (n = 57; 75%). Women were aged 25 to 46 years (mean 33.20 years, SD = 5.03); the majority were white European (89.6%).…”

Parents’ Experiences of Early Parenthood – Preliminary Findings

“…Researchers have identified differences in parenting practices based on personal and lifestyle characteristics. For example, lower levels of positive parenting have been identified with socio-economically disadvantaged parents, parenting of boys, and parents experiencing a mental illness and anger (FaHCSIA, 2004(FaHCSIA, -2011Parfitt & Ayers, 2012); differences in parenting styles exist between single mothers, young mothers and working mothers; and connections between parental distress (often associated with joblessness and singleness) and hostile parenting have been found (Parke et al, 2004). Consequently, the quality of the parent-child relationship and parenting practices are found to be related to children's externalising and internalising problems, cognitive and educational outcomes, social competence, self-esteem and health (DHS, 2006;O'Connor & Scott, 2007;Spoth, Golberg, & Redmond, 1999).…”