The experience of psychological distress during pregnancy and the postpartum

Ohare Sam

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English

O.H Publishing
12 March 2024

Abnormal psychology; Education; Pregnancy, birth & baby care

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"Pregnancy and the time after birth are considered by most to be a time of joyous

transition and change for a woman and her partner. However, it also represents a time of

significant increases in the risk of mental health issues, most notably anxiety and depression

(Austin et al., 2017). The presence of anxiety and depression have ramifications, not only for

the mother, but also impact on her ability to bond with her baby, an important precursor to

adaptive functioning across the lifespan (Englund et al., 2011). This thesis investigates wellknown

variables that have been independently identified as predictive of psychological distress

outside of the perinatal period (Pepping et al., 2013; Pepping et al., 2014), and, to a lesser

extent, in perinatal populations, namely dispositional mindful awareness, adult attachment

style, and emotion regulation. Chapter 1 reviews the literature relating to perinatal mental

health, specifically anxiety and depression, and the deleterious role of psychological distress

on mother-infant bonding from an attachment theory perspective. Chapter 2 details the

measures utilized in the empirical studies of this thesis. Chapter 3 provides a ""proof of concept""

and examines the relationship between mindful awareness, attachment style, and emotion

regulation in psychological distress in a sample of undergraduate university students. It

identifies attachment anxiety and emotion dysregulation as mediators of the relationship

between mindful awareness and psychological distress. Chapter 4 utilizes a cross-sectional

design to investigate the relationship between mindful awareness, attachment style, and

emotion regulation with prenatal depression, anxiety, and pregnancy-specific anxiety. The

findings suggest that attachment anxiety, emotion regulation and mindful awareness play

important roles in prenatal depression and anxiety, and to a lesser extent pregnancy-specific

anxiety, indicating that other factors may be more important in the development of pregnancyspecific

anxiety. Chapter 5 more closely examines the relationship between mindful awareness

and emotion regulation in a prospective perinatal sample, identifying a likely bidirectional"

By: Ohare Sam
Imprint: O.H Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 259g
ISBN: 9798869247230
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 12 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active