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Volume 30, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 309-330

Perinatal anxiety and depression in migrant women in Geneva: A prospective study [Anxiété et dépression périnatales chez des femmes migrantes à Genève: Une étude Longitudinale] (Review)

Sharapova A.* , Ratcliff B.G.
  • a Unité de psychologie clinique interculturelle et interpersonnelle, Université de Genève, Boulevard du Pont-d’Arve 40, Genève, 1204, Swaziland
  • b Unité de psychologie clinique interculturelle et interpersonnelle, Université de Genève, Boulevard du Pont-d’Arve 40, Genève, 1204, Swaziland

Abstract

The present study aims to: 1) compare perinatal anxiety and depression rates in migrant and Swiss women; 2) identify sociodemo-graphic and sociocultural (acculturation) risk factors for anxiety and depression and 3) follow up changes in anxiety and depression symptoms from pregnancy to postpartum. The sample consisted of 43 migrant and 41 Swiss women. Depression was assessed by using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and anxiety by using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory. Antenatal anxiety in migrant women was predicted by psychosocial factors, while antenatal depression was predicted by attachment to the heritage culture. Postpartum anxiety and depression were mainly predicted by antenatal anxiety and depression. Migrant women were facing more psychosocial and sociocultural risk factors than Swiss women. © Médecine & Hygiène. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays.

Author Keywords

Antenatal depression Migration Antenatal anxiety

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059938461&doi=10.3917%2fdev.184.0309&partnerID=40&md5=3d0cf748bc1e7589823687c7409d2e37
DOI: 10.3917/dev.184.0309
ISSN: 10158154
Original Language: French