Magister Artium - MA (Psychology) / Psychological distress during pregnancy has been a fairly neglected phenomenon and has
only recently started emerging as an area of research interest. The existing body of
scholarship on distress during pregnancy has largely been conducted from a positivist
paradigm, emphasising the identification, incidences and risks. There is thus a dearth of
qualitative inquiry into pregnant women's experiences and accounts of distress. In an
attempt to address these gaps within the literature, my study explored psychological distress
among a group of pregnant women from socio-economically disadvantaged contexts. The
specific objectives of my study was to explore how pregnant women conceptualised
psychological distress within the context of pregnancy; the feelings or symptoms of
psychological distress; what pregnant women perceived as its causes; and the psychosocial
needs of pregnant women in relation to antenatal distress. This study was guided by a
feminist approach and a feminist standpoint epistemology in particular. This lent itself to
exploring the phenomenon while departing from a clinical, decontextualised position which
translated into an investigation with pregnant women who subjectively perceived
themselves to be distressed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6372 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Singh, Robyn |
| Contributors | Andipatin, Michelle |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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