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The association between maternal perinatal mental health and perfectionism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

BACKGROUND: Perfectionism is an important feature of adult psychopathology. In the absence of a prior review of the role of perfectionism in perinatal psychopathology, we aimed to ascertain whether perfectionism was associated with symptoms of maternal perinatal depression and anxiety. METHOD: We fo...

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Autores principales: Evans, Clare, Kreppner, Jana, Lawrence, Peter J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9796248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35762187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12378
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Lawrence, Peter J.
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description BACKGROUND: Perfectionism is an important feature of adult psychopathology. In the absence of a prior review of the role of perfectionism in perinatal psychopathology, we aimed to ascertain whether perfectionism was associated with symptoms of maternal perinatal depression and anxiety. METHOD: We followed PRISMA guidance (PROSPERO: 42019143369), estimated weighted effect sizes and tested possible moderators: timing (pre or post‐ natal), scales used to measure constructs, infant gender, temperament and age; and rated study quality. RESULTS: Fourteen studies met eligibility criteria. Perfectionism as a whole, and the perfectionistic concerns dimension, were moderately correlated with common maternal perinatal mental health difficulties r = .32 (95% Confidence Interval = 0.23 to 0.42). In sub‐group analyses, perfectionistic concerns were associated with depression (r = .35, 95% CI = 0.26–0.43). We found no evidence of significant moderation of associations. LIMITATIONS: Included studies had methodological and conceptual limitations. All studies examined depression and two examined anxieties; all examined perfectionistic concerns and four examined perfectionist strivings. CONCLUSIONS: Perfectionism, namely perfectionistic concerns, is potentially associated with common maternal perinatal mental health problems. While further research is warranted, identification of perfectionism in the perinatal period may help focus resources for intervention, reducing the prevalence of perinatal mental health difficulties.
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spelling pubmed-97962482022-12-30 The association between maternal perinatal mental health and perfectionism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis Evans, Clare Kreppner, Jana Lawrence, Peter J. Br J Clin Psychol Articles BACKGROUND: Perfectionism is an important feature of adult psychopathology. In the absence of a prior review of the role of perfectionism in perinatal psychopathology, we aimed to ascertain whether perfectionism was associated with symptoms of maternal perinatal depression and anxiety. METHOD: We followed PRISMA guidance (PROSPERO: 42019143369), estimated weighted effect sizes and tested possible moderators: timing (pre or post‐ natal), scales used to measure constructs, infant gender, temperament and age; and rated study quality. RESULTS: Fourteen studies met eligibility criteria. Perfectionism as a whole, and the perfectionistic concerns dimension, were moderately correlated with common maternal perinatal mental health difficulties r = .32 (95% Confidence Interval = 0.23 to 0.42). In sub‐group analyses, perfectionistic concerns were associated with depression (r = .35, 95% CI = 0.26–0.43). We found no evidence of significant moderation of associations. LIMITATIONS: Included studies had methodological and conceptual limitations. All studies examined depression and two examined anxieties; all examined perfectionistic concerns and four examined perfectionist strivings. CONCLUSIONS: Perfectionism, namely perfectionistic concerns, is potentially associated with common maternal perinatal mental health problems. While further research is warranted, identification of perfectionism in the perinatal period may help focus resources for intervention, reducing the prevalence of perinatal mental health difficulties. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-06-28 2022-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9796248/ /pubmed/35762187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12378 Text en © 2022 The Authors. British Journal of Clinical Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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