Title
Predisposition of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Postpartum Depression during COVID-19 Crisis: Mediation of Mindfulness
Reference
Fatima, R., & Hania, A. (2022). Predisposition of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Postpartum Depression during COVID-19 Crisis: Mediation of Mindfulness. Psychiatria Danubina, 34(1), 148-156.
Abstract
Background: Past studies provide crucial evidence that pregnancy and childbirth increase the risk of emotional vulnerability and instability. Current research intends to explore the role of early maladaptive schemas and mindfulness as determinants of postpartum depression for expecting mothers during COVID-19 pandemic.
Method: The data was collected from 170 expecting mothers who conceived and gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, the young schema questionnaire-SF 75 items, and the Kentucky inventory for mindfulness scale were administered.
Results: Results discovered that mindfulness partially mediated the relationship between three kinds of early maladaptive
schemas and postpartum depression.
Conclusion: Mindfulness-based control techniques can be considered to buffer the impact of the early maladaptive schemas on postpartum depression, for mothers who give birth during any challenging time.
Method: The data was collected from 170 expecting mothers who conceived and gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, the young schema questionnaire-SF 75 items, and the Kentucky inventory for mindfulness scale were administered.
Results: Results discovered that mindfulness partially mediated the relationship between three kinds of early maladaptive
schemas and postpartum depression.
Conclusion: Mindfulness-based control techniques can be considered to buffer the impact of the early maladaptive schemas on postpartum depression, for mothers who give birth during any challenging time.
Keywords
Adaptation, Psychological; *COVID-19; *Depression, Postpartum/epidemiology; Female; Humans; *Mindfulness; Pandemics; Pregnancy; Postpartum Period;
Country
Pakistan
Sample type
General population - community
Study focus
Schema domains
Study design
Correlational