Abstract
The aim of this study is firstly to analyze the differences in postpartum self-acceptance, patterns of beliefs (rationality) and perfectionism in women with and without changes in body weight and secondly to identify the relationships among self-acceptance, rationality, and perfectionism on the one hand and postpartum depression and anxiety on the other hand. The study involved 123 women, newly mothers, aged between 20 and 46 years, M = 32.29, SD = 6.56. The instruments used were Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire, Inventory of Ideas II, Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, Hamilton Depression Scale, and Inventory of State-Trait Anxiety. The results showed that the level of rationality and self-acceptance was lower in women with higher body weight, while the level of perfectionism was higher in same tier. At the same time, the results obtained by regression and mediation analyzes showed that self-acceptance is negatively associated with both depression and anxiety, rationality is also negatively associated with both depression and anxiety, and perfectionism mediates the relationship between rationality and depression, but not the relationship between rationality and anxiety. The conclusions of the study highlighted the women’s need for support to regain their pre-pregnancy emotional balance and well-being.
Highlights
This study addresses the postpartum differences and relationships among a series of psycho-cognitive factors involved in general health, defined as a continuum between well-being and mental disorder www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/asirApplied Science and Innovative ResearchVol 5, No 3, 2021(Oltmanns & Emery, 2015)
The results showed that the level of rationality and self-acceptance was lower in women with higher body weight, while the level of perfectionism was higher in same tier
The results obtained by regression and mediation analyzes showed that self-acceptance is negatively associated with both depression and anxiety, rationality is negatively associated with both depression and anxiety, and perfectionism mediates the relationship between rationality and depression, but not the relationship between rationality and anxiety
Summary
This study addresses the postpartum differences and relationships among a series of psycho-cognitive factors involved in general health, defined as a continuum between well-being and mental disorder www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/asirApplied Science and Innovative ResearchVol 5, No 3, 2021(Oltmanns & Emery, 2015). The proposed model involves self-acceptance, the pattern of beliefs (rationality), defined from the perspective of rational-emotional theory (Ellis, 1994) and perfectionism derived from a low level of rationality, as expressions of the general health of a person, as well as body weight, considered in relation to WHO standards (2017). Flett and colleagues (2002) found positive correlations between cognitions related to perfectionism and depression/anxiety These results suggest that ruminating on perfection increases the likelihood of experiencing distress, confirming that the frequency of cognitions about perfectionism is associated with high levels of negative affectivity and deficits in cognitive self-regulation.
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