Positive predictors of quality of life for postpartum mothers with a history of childhood maltreatment
| Autor: | Maria Muzik, Marjorie Beeghly, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Jessica L. Irwin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Postpartum depression
Biopsychosocial model Adult medicine.medical_specialty Population Poison control Mothers Psychological Trauma Depression Postpartum 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Child of Impaired Parents medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine Child Abuse education Psychiatry Family Health education.field_of_study Parenting business.industry 05 social sciences Postpartum Period Obstetrics and Gynecology Life satisfaction Infant Resilience Psychological medicine.disease Mother-Child Relations United States Psychiatry and Mental health Distress Quality of Life Female business Postpartum period 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Archives of women's mental health. 19(6) |
| ISSN: | 1435-1102 |
| Popis: | The postpartum period brings a host of biopsychosocial, familial, and economic changes, which may be challenging for new mothers, especially those with trauma histories. Trauma-exposed women are at heightened risk for psychiatric symptomatology and reduced quality of life. The current study sought to evaluate whether a set of hypothesized promotive factors assessed during the first 18 months postpartum (positive parenting, family cohesion, and maternal resilience) are associated with life satisfaction in this population, after controlling for income and postpartum psychiatric symptoms. Analyses were based on data collected for 266 mother-infant dyads from a longitudinal cohort study, Maternal Anxiety during the Childbearing Years (MACY), of women oversampled for childhood maltreatment history. Hierarchical linear regression was used to evaluate the study hypotheses. Consistent with prior work, greater postpartum psychiatric symptoms and less income predicted poor perceptions of life quality. In hierarchical regressions controlling for income and psychiatric symptoms, positive parenting and family cohesion predicted unique variance in mothers’ positive perceptions of life quality, and resilience was predictive beyond all other factors. Factors from multiple levels of analysis (maternal, dyadic, and familial) may serve as promotive factors predicting positive perceptions of life quality among women with childhood trauma histories, even those struggling with high levels of psychiatric or economic distress. |
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