Exploring psychological distress among a sample of pregnant women from a low income area who self-identify as being distressed

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dc.contributor.advisorAndipatin, Michelle
dc.contributor.advisorRoomaney, Rizwana
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Robyn
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-13T13:35:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-19T07:39:44Z
dc.date.available2018-08-13T13:35:26Z
dc.date.available2024-04-19T07:39:44Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionMagister Artium - MA (Psychology)
dc.description.abstractPsychological distress during pregnancy has been a fairly neglected phenomenon and has only recently started emerging as an area of research interest. The existing body of scholarship on distress during pregnancy has largely been conducted from a positivist paradigm, emphasising the identification, incidences and risks. There is thus a dearth of qualitative inquiry into pregnant women's experiences and accounts of distress. In an attempt to address these gaps within the literature, my study explored psychological distress among a group of pregnant women from socio-economically disadvantaged contexts. The specific objectives of my study was to explore how pregnant women conceptualised psychological distress within the context of pregnancy; the feelings or symptoms of psychological distress; what pregnant women perceived as its causes; and the psychosocial needs of pregnant women in relation to antenatal distress. This study was guided by a feminist approach and a feminist standpoint epistemology in particular. This lent itself to exploring the phenomenon while departing from a clinical, decontextualised position which translated into an investigation with pregnant women who subjectively perceived themselves to be distressed.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/12215
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.subjectPsychological distress during pregnancy
dc.subjectAntenatal psychological distressperinatal distress
dc.subjectMaternal distress
dc.subjectMaternal mental health
dc.subjectSelf-reported distress
dc.subjectQualitative methodology
dc.subjectFeminist standpoint epistemology
dc.titleExploring psychological distress among a sample of pregnant women from a low income area who self-identify as being distressed

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