Authors | Stigmatizing attitudes and beliefsa | Levels of stigmab |
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Branquinho 2019 [30] | It is normal to have PPD (17.6%); women with postpartum depression cannot be good mothers (11.4%); postpartum depression is not a sign of weakness (disagreement 11.6%); women know, by nature, how to look after a baby (23.8%); women have postpartum depression because they have unrealistic expectations about caring for a baby (12.1%) | |
Branquinho 2020 [31] | Attitudes towards PPD: M = 2.52; SD = 0.51c; Indifference to stigma: M = 0.76; SD = 0.73d | |
Dunford 2017 [34] | Indifference to stigma: M = 21.11; SD = 7.53e | |
Fonseca 2018 [37] | Indifference to stigma: M = 3.29; SD = 0.75d | |
Highet 2011 [18] | It is normal to be depressed during pregnancy (agree / strongly agree: 52%); it is normal to have PPD (agree / strongly agree: 24%); knowing how to look after a baby comes naturally to women (agree / strongly agree: 19%) | |
Smith 2019 [55] | It is normal to be depressed during pregnancy (agree / strongly agree: 32%); postnatal depression is a normal part of having a baby (agree / strongly agree: 18.5%); knowing how to look after a baby comes naturally to women (agree / strongly agree: 21.6%) | |
Thorsteinsson 2018 [57] | Pre-intervention personal stigma (averaged across groups): M = 6.69f; Pre-intervention perceived stigma (averaged across groups); M = 17.14f |