Suffering in Silence: Non-Help-Seeking amongst Women with Postpartum Depression
(2014) PSPT02 20141Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Postpartum depression (PPD) affects about 13% of all women giving birth and is described as a devastating disorder. Yet, the majority of women suffering from PPD do not seek professional help. Insecure attachment is shown to be a significant help-seeking barrier for women with PPD; however as research thus far has focused on help-seeking populations it is still unknown how different attachment styles affect non-help-seeking. For the present study, a sample of 37 women who had not sought or received professional help when suffering from PPD participated. Data was collected by the use of a mixed method design. The major finding of the study is that reasons behind non-help-seeking vary with attachment style. Lack of trust in health care... (More)
- Postpartum depression (PPD) affects about 13% of all women giving birth and is described as a devastating disorder. Yet, the majority of women suffering from PPD do not seek professional help. Insecure attachment is shown to be a significant help-seeking barrier for women with PPD; however as research thus far has focused on help-seeking populations it is still unknown how different attachment styles affect non-help-seeking. For the present study, a sample of 37 women who had not sought or received professional help when suffering from PPD participated. Data was collected by the use of a mixed method design. The major finding of the study is that reasons behind non-help-seeking vary with attachment style. Lack of trust in health care professionals to a greater extent constitutes a help-seeking barrier for individuals with high avoidance of closeness, whilst expectations about motherhood constitute a help-seeking barrier even for women with secure attachment patterns. These findings contribute essential knowledge on how attachment patterns relate to willingness to display symptoms and seek help – knowledge that may be used in health care settings in order to decrease the large amount of women still suffering from PPD in silence. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- Postpartum depression (PPD) affects about 13% of all women giving birth and is described as a devastating disorder. Yet, the majority of women suffering from PPD do not seek professional help. The findings of this study contribute essential knowledge on willingness to display symptoms and seek help; knowledge that may be used in health care settings in order to decrease the large amount of women still suffering from PPD in silence.
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- author
- Cacciola, Emily LU
- supervisor
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- Elia Psouni LU
- organization
- course
- PSPT02 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Postpartum depression, Postnatal depression, Non-help-seeking, Help-seeking behavior, Attachment, Maternal attachment.
- language
- English
- id
- 4533635
- date added to LUP
- 2014-07-22 09:34:47
- date last changed
- 2015-03-27 08:41:14
@misc{4533635, abstract = {{Postpartum depression (PPD) affects about 13% of all women giving birth and is described as a devastating disorder. Yet, the majority of women suffering from PPD do not seek professional help. Insecure attachment is shown to be a significant help-seeking barrier for women with PPD; however as research thus far has focused on help-seeking populations it is still unknown how different attachment styles affect non-help-seeking. For the present study, a sample of 37 women who had not sought or received professional help when suffering from PPD participated. Data was collected by the use of a mixed method design. The major finding of the study is that reasons behind non-help-seeking vary with attachment style. Lack of trust in health care professionals to a greater extent constitutes a help-seeking barrier for individuals with high avoidance of closeness, whilst expectations about motherhood constitute a help-seeking barrier even for women with secure attachment patterns. These findings contribute essential knowledge on how attachment patterns relate to willingness to display symptoms and seek help – knowledge that may be used in health care settings in order to decrease the large amount of women still suffering from PPD in silence.}}, author = {{Cacciola, Emily}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Suffering in Silence: Non-Help-Seeking amongst Women with Postpartum Depression}}, year = {{2014}}, }