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Aleksandra A. Staneva*, Fiona Bogossian, Alina Morawska, Anja Wittkowski
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Advances in perinatal mental health research have provided valuable insights around risk factors for the overall development of maternal distress. However, there is still a limited understanding of the experience of women struggling emotionally during pregnancy. We explored how women view, experience, and interpret psychological distress antenatally. Eighteen Australian women participated in in-depth interviews that were analyzed thematically within a critical realist theoretical framework. We present and situate the current findings within the dominant discourse of the good mother, which arguably promotes guilt and stigma and results in women self-labeling as bad mothers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 658-686 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | Health Care for Women International |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 20 Mar 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review