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The objective was to identify patterns of respectful care and mistreatment during childbirth and examine associations with perinatal mental health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We conducted a cross-sectional secondary analysis of Listening to Mothers in California (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092,539). We conducted latent class analysis of indicator variables describing rough or rude care, discriminatory treatment, support, communication, and encouragement of autonomous decision-making. We conducted multinomial logistic regression to examine symptomatology for antenatal anxiety and antenatal depression in relation to class membership. Logistic regression was used to examine class membership in relation to symptomatology for postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four latent classes were identified: Class 1 (84.54%): Respected\/Supported, Class 2 (6.69%): Not Supported, Class 3 (5.39%): Rough\/Rude, Class 4 (3.38%): Rough\/Rude\/Discriminated. Women with antenatal depression symptomatology were 3.28 times as likely to be classified in Class 4 versus Class 1 (aRRR 3.28, CI95% 1.88\u20135.73). Women with antenatal anxiety symptomatology had a higher risk of classification in Class 4 than Class 1 (aRRR 2.04, CI95% 1.21\u20133.43). Compared to women in Class 1, women in Class 2 had 2.06 higher adjusted risk of postpartum anxiety (aRRR 2.06, CI95% 1.26\u20133.36).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women who were symptomatic for antenatal anxiety or antenatal depression were at increased risk for mistreatment and not receiving support during childbirth. Women who did not feel supported had increased risk of symptomatology for postpartum anxiety.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00737-025-01656-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,7]],"date-time":"2026-03-07T03:16:32Z","timestamp":1772853392000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Patterns of respectful care and mistreatment during childbirth in relation to perinatal mental health: a secondary analysis of listening to mothers in California"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Stacey","family":"Iobst","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elise","family":"Erickson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,7]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"1656_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"88","DOI":"10.1097\/NMC.0000000000000889","volume":"48","author":"CT Beck","year":"2023","unstructured":"Beck CT (2023) Experiences of postpartum depression in women of color. 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