Positive beliefs about rumination in depressed and non-depressed pregnant women: A preliminary investigation

Ali M.A. Isa Alfaraj; Marcantonio Spada; Ana Nikčević; Alison Puffett; Sadeeqa Meer

doi:10.1080/02646830701759678

Positive beliefs about rumination in depressed and non-depressed pregnant women: A preliminary investigation

Ali M.A. Isa Alfaraj, Marcantonio Spada, Ana Nikčević, Alison Puffett, Sadeeqa Meer

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Abstract

No research to date has examined the presence of positive beliefs about rumination in depressed pregnant women. Exploring these beliefs among pregnant women is important because such beliefs have been identified as useful targets for intervention aimed at reducing depressive symptoms more generally. The present study examined positive beliefs about rumination in depressed and non-depressed pregnant women. A sample of 21 depressed and 22 non-depressed women were compared on measures of positive beliefs about rumination, controlling for perceived lack of social support. Mann-Whitney U tests and logistic regression analysis were performed on the data. Mann-Whitney U tests revealed that both positive beliefs about rumination and perceived lack of social support scores were significantly higher for depressed than non-depressed women. The logistic regression analysis indicated that positive beliefs about rumination were a predictor of depression classification over and above perceived lack of social support. These findings suggest that targeting positive beliefs about rumination may be a useful intervention for tackling depression in pregnancy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-60
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02646830701759678
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2009
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. Isa Alfaraj, A. M. A., Spada, M. M., Nikčević, A. V., Puffett, A., & Meer, S. (2009). Positive beliefs about rumination in depressed and non‐depressed pregnant women: a preliminary investigation. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 27(1), 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646830701759678. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords

Depression
Perceived lack of social support
Positive beliefs about rumination
Pregnant women
Rumination

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