Background Women's childbirth experience can have immediate as well as long-term
positive or negative effects on their life, well-being and health. When evaluating and drawing …

Background Dysfunctional imagery processes characterise a range of emotional disorders.
Valid, reliable, and responsive mental imagery measures may support the clinical …

The trauma memory is a crucial feature of PTSD etiology and maintenance. Nonetheless,
the nature of memories associated with childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (CB …

Objective: Postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PP-PTSD) affects 3.1–6.3% of women
after childbirth. The City Birth Trauma Scale (City-BiTS) is a questionnaire designed to …

Objective To examine how physical and psychological childbirth experiences affect maternal
perceptions and experiences of early infant behavioural style (temperament). Background …

Background How mother's recall their experience of childbirth, their concerns about body
image, their sense of competence in parenting, and their combined sense of self-esteem are …

This study examines the relationship between birth memory and recall and the perception of
traumatic birth in women who were a postpartum one-year period and the affecting factors …

Introduction Violence against children is a health, human rights and social problem affecting
approximately half of the world's children. Its effects begin at prenatal stages with long …

Background Despite the detrimental effects and life-course health consequences of violence
exposure, relatively few studies have adequate capacity to investigate the evolution of …

Access to maternal healthcare services is a challenge in most low-and middle-income
countries. South Africa is one of the countries striving to improve the accessibility of maternal …