I know about some recent studies supporting the association between marital distress and psychopathologies as major depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drugs use disorders, and personality disorders in general population. (South SC, et al. J Abnorm Psychol. 2011) But, what about in risk population as pregnant women? In Spain, almost the 98% of induced abortions are because of "mental health disorders". However, this concept in primary care means a big hole where many conditions could be included.
Any of these help
Records, K., & Rice, M.J. (2009). Lifetime physical and sexual abuse and the risk for depression symptoms in the first 8 months after birth. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 30. 181-190.
**Rice, M.J., & Records, K. (2008). Comparative analysis of physiological adaptation of neonates of abused and nonabused mothers. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 4(2), 80-90. PMID: 18522606.
**McGrath, J., Records, K., & Rice, M.J. (2008) Maternal Depression and Infant Temperament. Infant Behavior and Development, 31, 71-80.
**Records, K., & Rice, M.J. (2007). Psychosocial correlates of depressive symptoms during the third trimester of pregnancy. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 36(3), 231-242. PMID: 17489929
**Records, K., Rice, M.J., & Beck, C.T. (2007). Psychometric assessment of the PDPI-R. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 15(3), 189-202.
**Beck, C.T., Records, K., & Rice, M.J. (2006). Further development of the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory - Revised. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 35(6), 735-745.
**Rice, M., & Records K. (2006). Cardiac Rate Variability Associated with Physical Abuse in Women of Childbearing Age. Biological Research for Nursing, 7(3), 1-10.
**Mason, W., Rice, M.J., & Records, K. (2005). The lived experience of postpartum depression. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 41(2) Page 52-61.
**Records, K., & Rice, M.J. (2005). A Comparative Study of Postpartum Depression in Abused and Non-Abused Women . Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 19(6), 281-290.
Great studies on this topic include the following. I have done one paper on this in Somalia and its under peer review and would like to share with you
L Bacchus, G Mezey, S Bewley - European Journal of Obstetrics …, 2004 - nnvawi.org
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1832239/
Marital distres in pregnant women. Vow! Good luck with that. There are so many posible sources of biases in your field of interest. E.G. first, second pregnancy, wanted or unwanted, culturaly do the parent want male or female, experiences with previous pregnacies or posible misscarrages, social status. Also you need to separate psychpathological entities from risky behaviors. Among mentioned behaviors only alcohol and drug cosumption could be seen as risky behaviors. What about smoking?
Sorry to be rough :-) But better me than peer reviewers.
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