Experiences of peripartum depressive symptoms among Chinese middle-class migrant women in the Netherlands: a qualitative study of migrant motherhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A low educational level and poor economic status have repeatedly been identified as the main risk factors of peripartum depression among migrant women in existing studies. However, there is limited knowledge about a group of highly educated and middle-class migrant women, and how this group of migrant women deals with those risks and which protective factors facilitate a successful transition into motherhood in the host country. This study aims to shed light on the multifaceted psychosocial challenges during the peripartum period for Chinese migrant women in their relationships with intimate partners, mothers, and mothers-in-law.

Methods

In this qualitative study, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted digitally with 46 pregnant and postpartum middle-c

SUBMITTER: Shan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481590 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature