Abstract
Background: Postpartum depression is the most common complication associated with child-bearing. The current study investigated attitudes toward professional psychological help-seeking and the effects of stigma and mental health literacy on postpartum women recruited from social media (N = 326). Method: Hierarchical linear regression was used to analyze the data and the interaction effect of stigma and mental health literacy. Results: Stigma was negatively associated with attitudes toward professional psychological help-seeking, while mental health literacy was positively associated with attitudes toward professional psychological help-seeking. The interaction effect was not statistically significant. The results yield implications for screening practices and reducing stigma for mental health care in the postpartum period.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1030-1037 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Maternal and Child Health Journal |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Help-seeking
- Maternal health
- Mental health literacy
- Postpartum
- Stigma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
