Intimate partner violence and women's depression before and during pregnancy.
Depressive symptoms of 95 prenatal care patients were examined relative to the women's experiences of intimate partner violence. Women who were victims of psychological aggression during the year before pregnancy were not at elevated risk for depression except when the psychological aggression was very frequent. However, during pregnancy, psychological aggression was more closely tied to women's depression levels, regardless of its frequency. In addition, women who experienced any level of physical assault or sexual coercion by their intimate partners (before or during pregnancy) had higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to nonvictims.
Martin
Sandra L
SL
Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA.
Li
Yun
Y
Casanueva
Cecilia
C
Harris-Britt
April
A
Kupper
Lawrence L
LL
Cloutier
Suzanne
S
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003068:Coercion; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health