FAMILY CONFLICT AS PREDICTOR OF POSTPARTUM DISTRESS
Article Abstract
The study investigated family conflict as a predictor of postpartum distress. Two hundred and seven (207) women in their postpartum period participated in the study and were purposefully drawn from two government-owned tertiary healthcare providers in Lokoja. One hypothesis was tested: Family conflict will be significantly related to postpartum distress. The symptoms distress checklist (SCL90) and Family Environment Scale were used for data collection. Linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed a significant relationship between family conflict and psychosomatization (β= .20, t= 2.98, P < .005). The result also shows a significant relationship between family conflict and obsessive compulsion (β = .20, t= 2.90, P
Indexed Terms
Family conflict
postpartum distress
and hostility
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Bushura Afolabi Aroyewun, Baba Ahmed Karatu, Ijeoma Hope Nwizu. "FAMILY CONFLICT AS PREDICTOR OF POSTPARTUM DISTRESS." KIU Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences , vol. 3 , no. 3 , 2022 , pp. 46-58