Psychosocial risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain: a systematic review Hartley, Eliza, McPhie, Skye, Skouteris, Helen, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew and Hill, Briony 2015, Psychosocial risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain: a systematic review, Women and birth, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 99-109. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Psychosocial risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain: a systematic review Author(s) Hartley, Eliza McPhie, Skye Skouteris, Helen Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 Hill, Briony orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-3963 Journal name Women and birth Volume number 28 Issue number 4 Start page 99 End page 109 Total pages 11 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2015-12 ISSN 1878-1799 Keyword(s) Body Mass Index (BMI) Obesity Pregnancy Psychosocial factors Weight gain Summary BACKGROUND: Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can have adverse health outcomes for mother and infant throughout pregnancy. However, few studies have identified the psychosocial factors that contribute to women gaining excessive weight during pregnancy. AIM: To review the existing literature that explores the impact of psychosocial risk factors (psychological distress, body image dissatisfaction, social support, self-efficacy and self-esteem) on excessive gestational weight gain. METHODS: A systematic review of peer-reviewed English articles using Academic Search Complete, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, MEDLINE Complete, PsycINFO, Informit, Web of Science, and Scopus was conducted. Quantitative studies that investigated psychosocial factors of excessive GWG, published between 2000 and 2014 were included. Studies investigating mothers with a low risk of mental health issues and normally-developing foetuses were eligible for inclusion. From the total of 474 articles located, 12 articles were identified as relevant and were subsequently reviewed in full. FINDINGS: Significant associations were found between depression, body image dissatisfaction, and social support with excessive gestational weight gain. No significant relationships were reported between anxiety, stress, self-efficacy, or self-esteem and excessive gestational weight gain. CONCLUSION: The relationship between psychosocial factors and weight gain in pregnancy is complex; however depression, body dissatisfaction and social support appear to have a direct relationship with excessive gestational weight gain. Further research is needed to identify how screening for, and responding to, psychosocial risk factors for excessive gestational weight gain can be successfully incorporated into current antenatal care. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920507 Women's Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30073497 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 28 May 2015, 13:59:59 EST Fri, 29 May 2015, 05:02:50 EST Thu, 25 Jun 2015, 06:08:01 EST Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 16:12:54 EST Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 16:14:05 EST Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 16:14:46 EST Tue, 05 Apr 2016, 16:03:48 EST Tue, 05 Apr 2016, 16:06:03 EST Tue, 05 Apr 2016, 16:07:12 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:37:09 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 07:08:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 52 times in TR Web of Science Cited 52 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 731 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 28 May 2015, 13:59:59 EST