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Employment conditions and maternal postpartum mental health: results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.
- Source :
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Archives of women's mental health [Arch Womens Ment Health] 2011 Jun; Vol. 14 (3), pp. 217-25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Nov 30. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Maternal postpartum mental health is influenced by a broad range of risk and protective factors including social circumstances. Forty percent of Australian women resume employment in the first year postpartum, yet poor quality employment (without security, control, flexibility or leave) has not been investigated as a potential social determinant of maternal psychological distress. This paper examines whether poor quality jobs are associated with an increased risk of maternal postpartum psychological distress. Data were collected from employed mothers of infants ≤12 months (n = 1,300) participating in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Logistic regression analyses estimated the association between job quality and maternal psychological distress, adjusting for prior depression, social support, quality of partner relationship, adverse life events and sociodemographic characteristics. Only 21% of women reported access to all four optimal job conditions. After adjustment for known risk factors for poor maternal mood, mothers were significantly more likely to report psychological distress (adjusted OR = 1.39, 95% CI 1.09, 1.77) with each reduction in the number of optimal employment conditions. Interventions for maternal postpartum affective disorders are unlikely to be successful if major risk factors are not addressed. These results provide strong evidence that employment conditions are associated with maternal postpartum mood, and warrant consideration in psychosocial risk assessments and interventions.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Australia epidemiology
Depression, Postpartum psychology
Employment psychology
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers psychology
Risk Factors
Work Schedule Tolerance
Workplace psychology
Young Adult
Depression, Postpartum epidemiology
Employment statistics & numerical data
Maternal Welfare statistics & numerical data
Mental Health statistics & numerical data
Mothers statistics & numerical data
Occupational Health statistics & numerical data
Workplace statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1435-1102
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of women's mental health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21116667
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-010-0196-9