title: Stories of postpartum depression: exploring health constructs and help-seeking in mothers' talk.
abstract: This article explores behavioral constructs derived from the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction (Fishbein, 2009) that emerged from unsolicited, online stories from 30 mothers about their experiences with postpartum depression. Five constructs (i.e., social norms; severity; barriers to help-seeking; facilitators to, and cues to action for, help-seeking; and self-efficacy) were prevalent and were connected with help-seeking behaviors in the stories that were analyzed after a single data collection in March 2011. Recommendations are offered for how the findings can be integrated into postpartum depression-related health promotion interventions.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Communication Studies , University of Iowa , Iowa City , Iowa , USA.
authors.forename: Lindsey J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Kristina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Scharp
authors.forename: Christina G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Paxman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012650:Self Disclosure; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012944:Social Support
keywords: help-seeking; mothers’ experiences; postpartum depression