Psychological Wellbeing, Postnatal Depression and Attachment among Primiparous and Multiparous Women

Abstract

The aim of the study was to understand the impact of parity and childbirth on the psychological wellbeing, postnatal depression and attachment among primiparous and multiparous women. A quantitative study was carried out in a total of 60 participants, consisting 30 primiparous and 30 multiparous women selected through convenient sampling. The Ryff Psychological Wellbeing scale, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Maternal postnatal Attachment Scale were used for data collection. Result indicated that there is no significant difference in psychological wellbeing, postnatal depression and attachment among primiparous and multiparous women. A significant positive correlation between attachment and psychological wellbeing was obtained among primiparous women and significant negative correlation between attachment and postnatal depression was obtained among multiparous women. The study concludes that adequate care must be given to all pregnant and postpartum women without differentiating parity. Future trials are required to get more broad results.