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Stability and Continuity of Women’s Core Beliefs and Psychopathological Symptoms from Pregnancy to One Year Postpartum

verfasst von: Jacqueline M. Blissett, Claire V. Farrow

Erschienen in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Ausgabe 5/2007

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Abstract

Unhealthy core beliefs are theorized to be stable constructs throughout the life-span, but no research to date, outside of the context of clinical intervention, has addressed this claim over a period of greater than 6 weeks. This study explores the stability and continuity of core beliefs and psychopathological symptoms in a group of women over a major life event and for 1 year subsequently. Eighty-seven women completed measures assessing their core beliefs and psychopathological symptoms during pregnancy and at 6 and 12 months after giving birth. General maternal psychopathological symptoms significantly decreased across the group between pregnancy and 6 months postpartum, and between pregnancy and 1 year, but showed evidence of stability in the ranks of individuals across time. The majority of core beliefs remained both stable and continuous throughout this period of major transition. These findings generally support the theoretical contention that core beliefs are relatively stable and continuous self-constructs.

We have adopted this nomenclature within this paper in the descriptions of our methodology and also in our descriptions of the methods and findings of others, whether or not other authors have described their procedures in this way, for the sake of clarity and comparability.

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Titel: Stability and Continuity of Women’s Core Beliefs and Psychopathological Symptoms from Pregnancy to One Year Postpartum
verfasst von: Jacqueline M. Blissett
Claire V. Farrow
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2007
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Ausgabe 5/2007
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9088-8

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