Prevalence of Marital Conflicts among Women Diagnosed with Postpartum Depression

Abstract


 
 
 The present research was on the prevalence of marital conflicts among women having postpartum depression and from general population. The sample was of 100 women, including 50 women having postpartum depression and 50 from general population. The data was collected after one week of child birth. The hypothesis was “the marital conflicts will be higher in women with postpartum depression than women from general population”. The hypothesis was tested by using chi-square test, highly significant results revealed that postpartum depression negatively effect the marital relation. Similarly, women with postpartum depression revealed difficulty in understanding themselves and they blamed themselves comparing them with women without postpartum depression. Women with postpartum depression blamed themselves when things went wrong and created troubles for themselves.
 
 

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“…PPD is usually presented with symptoms of depressed mood, irritability, sleep disturbances, lack of interest or pleasure, worthlessness, appetite changes, and low energy (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Past literature had recorded substantial adverse consequences, including suicidal ideation (Bodnar‐Deren et al, 2016; Jahirul Islam et al, 2020; Wisner et al, 2013), thoughts of harming the infant (Donahue Jennings et al, 1999; Maxwell et al, 2018), poor mother–child attachment (Behrendt et al, 2016), social functioning impairment (Slomian et al, 2019), marital conflict (Shah et al, 2017), and worsened relationship quality (Woolhouse et al, 2012). PPD also leads to cognitive and linguistic development delays (Sultan Ali et al, 2013), socio‐emotional problems (Choe et al, 2014; Lawler et al, 2018), dysfunctional behaviors, and mental health issues in offspring when untreated (Closa‐Monasterolo et al, 2017).…”