Understanding and alleviating maternal postpartum distress: Perspectives from first-time mothers in Australia

Kwok Hong Law, Ben Jackson, Kym Guelfi, Thinh Nguyen and James Alexander Dimmock

Social Science & Medicine, 2018, vol. 204, issue C, 59-66

Abstract: Numerous factors have been shown to cause (or alleviate) maternal psychological distress in the early postpartum period, and a variety of interventions have been developed with the goal of preventing and/or managing such distress. However, only a few studies have explored new mothers' perspectives on the sources of their distress in the first six months' postpartum alongside the researchers’ recommendations for interventions to address those sources.

Keywords: Qualitative; Australia; Stress; Self-efficacy; Maternal; Postpartum adjustment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.022

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