Social Support Postpartum
Bengali Women from India on Their Coping Experiences following Childbirth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15488532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Moumita Gupta (West Bengal State University), Mahua Patra (0000-0002-0392-567X, University of Calcutta), Mohammad Hamiduzzaman (0000-0001-6027-1564, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), Holly Mclaren (0000-0002-1959-8319, Flinders University), Emi Patmisari (0000-0003-2108-8411, Flinders University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 557-557 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph21050557 |
| PMID | 38791772 |
| OpenAlex | W4396547605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Undertaken in Kolkata, India, our study aimed to explore the experiences of Bengali middle-class women on perceived stressful events, social support, and coping experiences following childbirth. Becoming a mother following childbirth is a shared phenomenon irrespective of culture, social strata, or country, while stress during the postpartum period or depression is not. Discrete medical intervention does not sufficiently address the complexities of postpartum experiences since influencing factors also include economic, political, cultural, and social backgrounds. Adopting a feminist and phenomenological approach, individual in-person interviews were conducted with twenty women recruited via snowball sampling. Our findings revealed that events experienced as stressful may lead to poor postpartum well-being. Underpinned by gendered discourse and biases, stressful events included familial imperatives for a male child, poor social and emotional support from the family, mostly partners and fathers, and systemic workplace barriers. The women in our study commonly resided with their mothers postpartum. They expressed feeling sheltered from these experiences, cared for, and supported. We discuss the women's experiences from a feminist pragmatic worldview, which advocates for a flexible feminism recognizant of the unique and nurturing relationship experiences between Bengali middle-class women and their mothers. In conclusion, we advocate for culturally sensitive, women-centered postpartum care practices that may entail the inclusion of intergenerational care during this critical phase of maternal well-being. These insights underscore the necessity of tailoring postpartum support systems to align with the cultural and familial contexts of the individuals they serve
Bengali · Childbirth · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Middle class · Political science · Postpartum depression · Postpartum period · Pregnancy · Snowball sampling · Social support · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Phenomenological research methods
Postpartum Depression
Post-Partum Depression in the Community
Relationship trajectories of pregnant women with their parents and postpartum depression
Association between Lack of Social Support from Partner or Others and Postpartum Depression among Japanese Mothers
Social Support During the Postpartum Period
Exploring Paradigms in Postpartum Depression Research
Resisting
Extract from The Reproduction of Mothering
Woman and Islam
Covid-19 and Women's Triple Burden
Multi-disciplinary perspectives on post-partum depression
Determining Validity in Qualitative Inquiry
Doing it our Way
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |