Depression after pregnancy loss: the role of the presence of living children, the type of loss, multiple losses, the relationship quality, and coping strategies
| Autor: | Stefanie Rita Balle, Christine Nothelfer, Roland Mergl, Sarah Miriam Quaatz, Svenja Hoffmann, Helena Hoffmann, Antje-Kathrin Allgaier, Kathryn Eichhorn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 20008066 2000-8066 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20008066.2024.2386827 |
| Popis: | Background: Pregnancy loss (PL) is a common, yet rarely examined public health issue associated with an increased risk of impaired mental health, particularly depression.Objective: Previous research shows childlessness to be a correlate of depression after PL. First studies also indicate associations of the type of loss, multiple losses, relationship quality, and coping strategies with depression after the loss of a pregnancy. However, results are inconsistent and the few existing studies show methodological deficits. Therefore, we expect higher depression scores for women without living children, and we exploratively examine the associations between the type of loss, the number of losses, relationship quality, and coping strategies with depression scores for women who suffered a PL.Method: In an online setting, N = 172 women with miscarriage (n = 137) or stillbirth (n = 35) throughout the last 12 months completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-D), Brief-COPE, and Partnerschaftsfragebogen (PFB), a German questionnaire measuring relationship quality.Results: In a multiple hierarchical regression analysis, stillbirth, β = 0.15, p = .035, presence of living children, β = −0.17, p = .022, and self-blame/emotional avoidance, β = 0.34, p |
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