@article{ref1,
title="Peritraumatic distress mediates the effect of severity of disaster exposure on perinatal depression: the Iowa Flood Study",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2015",
author="Brock, Rebecca L. and O'Hara, Michael W. and Hart, Kimberly J. and McCabe-Beane, Jennifer E. and Williamson, J. Austin and Brunet, Alain and Laplante, David P. and Yu, Chunbo and King, Suzanne",
volume="28",
number="6",
pages="515-522",
abstract="Disaster exposure during pregnancy has received limited attention. This study examined the impact of the 2008 Iowa Floods on perinatal maternal depression and well-being, and the role of peritraumatic distress as a possible mechanism explaining this link. Perinatal women (N = 171) completed measures of depressive symptoms and general well-being at 5 timepoints from pregnancy to 30 months postpartum. <br><br>OBJECTIVEly assessed prenatal flood exposure was associated with greater depression (r =.15). Further, flood-related peritraumatic distress was uniquely associated with greater depression (r =.23), and was a key mechanism through which flood exposure led to depression. Prenatal flood exposure was also associated with general well-being (r =.18); however, a mechanism other than peritraumatic distress appears to have been responsible for the effect of flood exposure on well-being. We discuss the implications of these findings for informing etiological models and enhancing the efficacy of interventions for maternal psychopathology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1002/jts.22056",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22056"
}