Study of Anxiety, Depression and Stress during Pregnancy and Postpartum Phase in Women from Joint and Nuclear Families.

Abstract

The present study investigated difference between Anxiety, Depression and Stress during Pregnancy and Postpartum Phase in Women from Joint and Nuclear Families.40-40 pregnant women (5^th month of pregnancy) from Joint family and nuclear family were selected by purposive and convenient sampling from different clinics of gynaecologist in Kolkata city (West Bengal) with her/him and subject’s consent. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-42) developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995), to measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress was administrated on sample of the study.Data were analysed by Statistical Mean (M), standard deviation (S.D.) and critical ratio or t-test for large sample.