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- Title
- Psychological distress, depression, anxiety, stress, and exercise in Australian and New Zealand mothers: A cross-sectional survey
- Author/Creator
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Lovell, G |
Huntsman, Angela |
Hedley-Ward, Jodie
- Description
- Postnatal psychological well-being is a complex issue characterized by major changes in physical, social, and emotional health. In response to addressing limitations of previous research this study aimed to: (i) quantify psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and stress in a large sample of Australian and New Zealand mothers and to compare to Australian norm data; and (ii) identify any significant differences in psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and stress of the mothers when grouped according to their self-reported exercise incidence. Self-reported short-form version Depression Anxiety Stress Scale data were collected from 3601 Australia and New Zealand mothers with at least one child under the age of 5 years. Results demonstrated that this sample of mothers had significantly poorer psychological well-being than the general Australian population. Furthermore, with the exception of anxiety, psychological well-being of mothers who reported exercising three to four times per week was significantly and meaningfully more positive compared to those mothers that reported not to exercise.
- Relation
- Nursing and Health Sciences / Vol. 17, No. 1, pp.42-48
- Relation
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12128
- Year
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Subject
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FoR 1110 (Nursing) |
FoR 1117 (Public Health and Health Services) |
Australia |
exercise |
mothers |
New Zealand |
anxiety |
stress |
psychological distress
- Collection(s)
- Research Publications
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Identifier
- ISSN: 1441-0745
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