Journal article
Peritraumatic Distress Mediates the Effect of Severity of Disaster Exposure on Perinatal Depression: The Iowa Flood Study
Journal of traumatic stress, Vol.28(6), pp.515-522
12/01/2015
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22056
PMCID: PMC4733267
PMID: 26584403
Abstract
Disaster exposure during pregnancy has received limited attention. This study examined the impact of the 2008 Iowa Floods on perinatal maternal depression and well-being, and the role of peritraumatic distress as a possible mechanism explaining this link. Perinatal women (N = 171) completed measures of depressive symptoms and general well-being at 5 timepoints from pregnancy to 30 months postpartum. Objectively assessed prenatal flood exposure was associated with greater depression (r = .15). Further, flood-related peritraumatic distress was uniquely associated with greater depression (r = .23), and was a key mechanism through which flood exposure led to depression. Prenatal flood exposure was also associated with general well-being (r = .18); however, a mechanism other than peritraumatic distress appears to have been responsible for the effect of flood exposure on well-being. We discuss the implications of these findings for informing etiological models and enhancing the efficacy of interventions for maternal psychopathology.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Peritraumatic Distress Mediates the Effect of Severity of Disaster Exposure on Perinatal Depression: The Iowa Flood Study
- Creators
- Rebecca L. Brock - University of IowaMichael W. O'Hara - University of IowaKimberly J. Hart - University of IowaJennifer E. McCabe-Beane - University of IowaJ. Austin Williamson - University of IowaAlain Brunet - McGill UniversityDavid P. Laplante - Douglas Mental Health University InstituteChunbo Yu - Douglas Mental Health University InstituteSuzanne King - McGill University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of traumatic stress, Vol.28(6), pp.515-522
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1002/jts.22056
- PMID
- 26584403
- PMCID
- PMC4733267
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
- eISSN
- 1573-6598
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- MOP-93660 / Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) MH086150 / NIMH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R21MH086150 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984293651502771
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