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Investigating the Relationship between Body Image and Postpartum Depression in Women with Their First Pregnancy

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Master's student in clinical psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Mazandaran, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body image and postpartum depression among women with their first pregnancy in Qaemshahr city. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The research participants were 175 primiparous women of Qaemshahr city in the first 3 months of 1403, who were selected by available method. The tools used in the research were the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Standard Questionnaire (EPDS), Body Image (BICI) Littleton et al. (2005). In order to investigate the research hypothesis, Pearson's correlation test was used using spss version 21 software. The research findings showed that the correlation coefficient between fear of body image and postpartum depression was 0.673. Thus, the correlation test showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between fear of body image and postpartum depression in the studied samples. Conclusion: In general, it can be concluded that with increasing fear of body image, the level of postpartum depression also increases.

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Clinical Psychology Achievements
Volume 10, Issue 3
August 2024
Pages 1-8
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