The role of perfectionism, dysfunctional cognitive processes and content in postpartum OC phenomena.
In: European Psychiatry, Jg. 63 (2020-07-02), S. S280
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Introduction: Early cognitive-behavioural models of postnatal Obsessive-Compulsive (OC) phenomena highlighted the role of negative traits, cognitive styles and specific dysfunctional beliefs (Fairbrother & Abramowitz 2007). However, the examination of key mediating factors is lacking to understand the mechanisms by which variables influence one another. Objectives: To analyze if dysfunctional attitudes and beliefs in relation to motherhood and Repetitive Negative Thinking/RNT are mediators of the relationship between perfectionism and OC symptoms severity and interference in the postpartum. Methods: 122 women (Mean age=33.20±5.066) in the second-tosixth month postpartum (Mean baby age=21.70±6.953) filled in the Portuguese validated versions of the Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Scale/POCS, the Hewitt & Flett Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-13, the Attitudes Toward Motherhood Scale and the Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire-15. Results: Socially prescribed perfectionism/SPP, Self-Oriented Perfectionism/SOP, Repetitive Thinking, Cognitive Interference and Unproductivity/CIU, Beliefs related to others' judgments/BOJ, to maternal responsibility/BMR and to maternal role idealization/BRI significantly (p>.05) and moderately correlated (r>.30) with POCS_Severity and POCS_Interference (all except SOP). A serial mediation analysis (Hays' Model 6) showed a significant indirect effect of BOJ/BMR/BRI and CIU in the relationship between the SPP and POCS_Interference. BOJ and BMR were mediators between SPP and POCS_Severity and CIU was a mediator between SOP and POCS_Severity. Conclusions: The influence of perfectionism on postpartum OC phenomena appears to operate through increasing the levels of dysfunctional cognitions related to motherhood and of RNT. Interventions that reduce the impact of these cognitive contents and processes may be useful in preventing and treating OC symptoms in women with high negative perfectionism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The role of perfectionism, dysfunctional cognitive processes and content in postpartum OC phenomena.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mota, D. ; Pereira, A. T. ; Xavier, S. ; Azevedo, J. ; Soares, M. J. ; Marques, C. ; Marques, M. ; Araújo, A. ; Macedo, A. |
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Zeitschrift: | European Psychiatry, Jg. 63 (2020-07-02), S. S280 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2020 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0924-9338 (print) |
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