{"title":"Who's Stressed? Social Factors and Women's Stress Experiences 2 to 22 Months Postpartum.","authors":"Lorraine O Walker, Nicole Murry, Heather Becker","doi":"10.1891/JPE-2024-0003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined the stressors of mothers between 2 and 22 months postpartum, the association of stressors with social factors, and when stressors were heightened. Surveys of 372 women covered social factors and postpartum stressors (Overload, Changes after pregnancy, Baby care, Working mother concerns, Low support, and Isolation). Overload was the most frequent stressor compared to the other stressors, <i>p</i> < .001. Full-time employment and number of children were the social factors most frequently associated with stressors. Overall, social factors were most highly associated with Working mother concerns. Findings indicate that full-time employed mothers could benefit from workplace and community support. In particular, guidance from health care professionals and childbirth educators about managing stress could aid mothers, especially those with first children.</p>","PeriodicalId":46449,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Perinatal Education","volume":"34 2","pages":"54-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12283104/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Perinatal Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JPE-2024-0003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We examined the stressors of mothers between 2 and 22 months postpartum, the association of stressors with social factors, and when stressors were heightened. Surveys of 372 women covered social factors and postpartum stressors (Overload, Changes after pregnancy, Baby care, Working mother concerns, Low support, and Isolation). Overload was the most frequent stressor compared to the other stressors, p < .001. Full-time employment and number of children were the social factors most frequently associated with stressors. Overall, social factors were most highly associated with Working mother concerns. Findings indicate that full-time employed mothers could benefit from workplace and community support. In particular, guidance from health care professionals and childbirth educators about managing stress could aid mothers, especially those with first children.
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The Journal of Perinatal Education (JPE) is the leading peer-reviewed journal specifically for childbirth educators. Through evidence-based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting-independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school-and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth. The JPE also publishes features that provide practical resources and advice health care professionals can use to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their care or teaching to prepare expectant parents for birth. The journal''s content focuses on pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, breastfeeding, neonatal care, early parenting, and young family development. In addition to childbirth educators, the JPE''s readers include nurses, midwives, physicians, and other professionals involved with perinatal education and maternal-child health care.
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