 A longitudinal study of the reporting of emotional and somatic symptoms during and after pregnancyHilary M. Lips Social Science & Medicine, 1985, vol. 21, issue 6, 631-640 Abstract: One hundred and eight pregnant women, most of their husbands and a comparison group of non-expectant parents were recruited for a long-term study which involved responding to a 55-item Symptom Checklist (SCL) and the Beck Depression Inventory three times during pregnancy and once during the first postpartum month. Responses to the SCL were factor analysed, and the four groups were then compared on their factor scores as well as their scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) using discriminant analysis and trend analysis. The discriminant analyses were done twice: once using all the data provided by all subjects and once using only subjects with no missing data. At each measurement period, the pregnant women were distinguished from the other groups by a different factor of the SCL: at 3-5 months, it was 'Feeling Sick': at 6-8 months, it was 'Feeling Overweight'; at 9 months, it was 'Feeling Overweight/Physical Stress'; and at postpartum, it was 'Physical Stress'. Also, trend analysis showed a significant tendency for the scores of pregnant women on the SCL 'Negative Emotional State', factor and on the BDI to increase over time, in contrast to those of the other groups. Date: 1985 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:21:y:1985:i:6:p:631-640 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier |
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