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Abstract

Objective: This study examines the relationship between mistreatment during childbirth care and childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) and investigates how perceived trauma and birth satisfaction may mediate this relationship. Method: This is a cross-sectional study with 651 participants conducted in Brazil. The association between mistreatment and other variables and CB-PTSD symptoms was analyzed via Structural Equation Model. Results: The analysis found a significant association between mistreatment and CB-PTSD. Additionally, birth satisfaction and perceiving childbirth as traumatic served as a mediating factor between mistreatment and CB-PTSD. Conclusions: Mistreatment during childbirth increases the risk of developing CB-PTSD.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	©American Psychological Association, 2026. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0002135
Publisher Keywords:	posttraumatic stress disorder; mistreatment; childbirth care
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Departments:	School of Health & Medical Sciences School of Health & Medical Sciences > Department of Nursing & Midwifery
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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