Maternal anxiety and motherhood: Systematic review of the literature

Authors

  • Tagma Marina Schneider Donelli Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS
  • Mariana Reichelt Chemello Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS
  • Daniela Centenaro Levandowski Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v21i1.46153

Keywords:

anxiety, maternal anxiety, maternity, mother-baby relationship, sistematic review

Abstract

This article presents a systematic literature review about maternal anxiety and motherhood,
considering the period between January 2009 to December 2014. Forthy-three scientific articles,
focused on mother’s anxiety, were included, derived from a search to the following databases:
American Search Premier Complete, LILACS, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SciELO and Web of
Science. The analysis was based on year of publication, language, area of publishing, design,
participants, instruments, objectives and main results and conclusions. The need to develop
instruments specifically targeted to assess maternal anxiety in Brazilian context was noted,
and also the importance of its identification during the pregnancy, as a preventive and protective
measure for the mothers mental health, the babies development and the quality of this dyadic
relationship. The findings pointed to the need for further studies to evaluate different
interventions and treatments to the management of this psychological condition.

Author Biographies

Tagma Marina Schneider Donelli, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Professora e pesquisadora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISNOS, São Leopoldo, RS.

Mariana Reichelt Chemello, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Mestre em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS.

Daniela Centenaro Levandowski, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA.

Professora e pesquisadora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - UFCSPA.

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Published

2017-07-11

How to Cite

Donelli, T. M. S., Chemello, M. R., & Levandowski, D. C. (2017). Maternal anxiety and motherhood: Systematic review of the literature. Interação Em Psicologia, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v21i1.46153

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Critical Literature Reviews

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