A5028672115- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Mental Health via Writing
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
University of Greenwich
2017-2019
City, University of London
2018
Pregnancy, birth and adjusting to a new baby is potentially stressful time that can negatively affect the health of women. There some evidence expressive writing have positive effects on psychological physical health, particularly during periods. The current study aimed evaluate whether would improve women's postpartum health. A randomized controlled trial was conducted with three conditions: (n = 188), control task 213), or normal care 163). Measures quality life were measured at baseline...
Having a baby is associated with variety of stressors, change, and adjustment. This study aimed to identify what women find stressful during the early postpartum period in contemporary Western society.Women (n = 148) 6-12 weeks wrote anonymously about situation they found as part Health after Birth Trial (HABiT) expressive writing. Transcripts were analyzed for categories stressors cross-cutting themes.Five identified. Stressors pregnancy, labor, (49.3%) included physical emotional...
Stereotypical biases about women’s roles in intimate relationships including their marital status and lifestyle choices such as clothing alcohol use influence juror attributions of rape case defendant guilt, potentially reducing access to justice for victims. Across two mock-juror decision-making experiments, participants read identical fictitious sexual assault vignettes varying intoxicated defendant–complainant relationship (married vs. acquaintance), accompanied by photographs complainant...
Introduction: This study aimed at establishing the reliability and validity of primary health questionnaire (PHQ-15) somatic symptom severity subscale for postpartum women.Methods: Women (N = 495) completed PHQ-15 approximately 6 weeks during baseline phase a randomized controlled trial evaluating writing intervention postnatal in England. Reliability was assessed using internal consistency statistics convergent by comparing differences self-reported physical health, health-related quality...
Pregnancy, birth and adjusting to a new baby is potentially stressful time that can negatively affect women's mental physical health. Expressive writing, where people write about event for at least 15 min on three consecutive days, has been associated with improved health in some groups but it not clear whether feasible acceptable use postpartum women. This study therefore examined the feasibility acceptability of expressive writing women as part randomised controlled trial (RCT). The Health...