Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression
Objective To explore the relationship between coping mechanisms and suicidal ideations among women who experience symptoms of postpartum depression. Design This exploratory descriptive study used secondary data from a study of women who experienced symptoms of postpartum depression. Participants Con...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
SAGE Publishing
2009-01-01
|
| Series: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/CMRH.S3801 |
| _version_ | 1818980455165198336 |
|---|---|
| author | S. Doucet N. Letourneau |
| author_facet | S. Doucet N. Letourneau |
| author_sort | S. Doucet |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Objective To explore the relationship between coping mechanisms and suicidal ideations among women who experience symptoms of postpartum depression. Design This exploratory descriptive study used secondary data from a study of women who experienced symptoms of postpartum depression. Participants Convenience and purposive sampling were used to obtain the community sample of 40 women who experienced symptoms of postpartum depression. Methods Binary logistic regression was employed to explore emotion-focused coping, avoidance-focused coping, problem-focused coping, and religious coping as predictors of suicidal ideations. Results Approximately 27% of the sample reported suicidal ideations within the past seven days. The results showed that lower levels of emotion-focused coping and higher levels of avoidance-focused and religious coping predicted suicidal ideations in participants. Problem-focused coping did not predict suicidal ideations. Conclusion Overall, our findings provide support for the importance of coping mechanisms as predictors of suicidal ideations among women who experience symptoms of postpartum depression. The results illustrate the need for health professionals to conduct routine assessments on coping strategies and thoughts of suicide when caring for postpartum women, as well as the need to integrate coping approaches in the prevention and treatment of suicidal ideations. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-20T17:15:42Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-98a565f11d594c69b420b8179a764821 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1179-5581 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-20T17:15:42Z |
| publishDate | 2009-01-01 |
| publisher | SAGE Publishing |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health |
| spelling | doaj.art-98a565f11d594c69b420b8179a7648212022-12-21T19:32:01ZengSAGE PublishingClinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health1179-55812009-01-01310.4137/CMRH.S3801Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum DepressionS. Doucet0N. Letourneau1University of New Brunswick (UNB); University of New Brunswick Department of Nursing, PO Box 5050, Saint John, NB, Canada.Faculty of Nursing and Canada Research Chair in Healthy Child Development at UNB, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada.Objective To explore the relationship between coping mechanisms and suicidal ideations among women who experience symptoms of postpartum depression. Design This exploratory descriptive study used secondary data from a study of women who experienced symptoms of postpartum depression. Participants Convenience and purposive sampling were used to obtain the community sample of 40 women who experienced symptoms of postpartum depression. Methods Binary logistic regression was employed to explore emotion-focused coping, avoidance-focused coping, problem-focused coping, and religious coping as predictors of suicidal ideations. Results Approximately 27% of the sample reported suicidal ideations within the past seven days. The results showed that lower levels of emotion-focused coping and higher levels of avoidance-focused and religious coping predicted suicidal ideations in participants. Problem-focused coping did not predict suicidal ideations. Conclusion Overall, our findings provide support for the importance of coping mechanisms as predictors of suicidal ideations among women who experience symptoms of postpartum depression. The results illustrate the need for health professionals to conduct routine assessments on coping strategies and thoughts of suicide when caring for postpartum women, as well as the need to integrate coping approaches in the prevention and treatment of suicidal ideations.https://doi.org/10.4137/CMRH.S3801 |
| spellingShingle | S. Doucet N. Letourneau Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health |
| title | Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression |
| title_full | Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression |
| title_fullStr | Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression |
| title_short | Coping and Suicidal Ideations in Women with Symptoms of Postpartum Depression |
| title_sort | coping and suicidal ideations in women with symptoms of postpartum depression |
| url | https://doi.org/10.4137/CMRH.S3801 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sdoucet copingandsuicidalideationsinwomenwithsymptomsofpostpartumdepression AT nletourneau copingandsuicidalideationsinwomenwithsymptomsofpostpartumdepression |