Author: Clark, A.; Skouteris, H.; Wertheim, E.H.; Paxton, S.J.; Milgrom, J.
Description: The overall aim of this study was to examine the relationship between depression and body dissatisfaction across pregnancy and the first 12 months postpartum. During pregnancy, women’s (N = 116) perceived attractiveness and strength/fitness remained stable, while feeling fat and salience of weight/shape decreased in late pregnancy. During the postpartum, feeling fat and salience of weight/shape increased. Depression and body dissatisfaction scores were correlated with each other concurrently and across multiple time points. However, in baseline-controlled prospective analyses, only a model of greater depression late in pregnancy predicting body dissatisfaction at six weeks postpartum and feeling fat throughout the postpartum was supported.
Subject Headings: Adult; Body Image; Body Weight; Depression, Postpartum/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology; Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology; Female; Humans; Personal Satisfaction; Pregnancy; Prospective Studies; Self Concept; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult
Keywords: The relationship between depression and body dissatisfaction across pregnancy and the postpartum: a prospective study
Publication year: 2009
Journal or book title: Journal of Health Psychology
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Pages: 27-35
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Type: Journal Article
Serial number: 2417