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We hypothesized that young Black women would experience increasing levels of discrimination across the transition to parenthood, heightening depression risk relative to non-pregnant peers.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S003329172510113X_sec2\" sec-type=\"methods\">\n\t    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Participants comprised 335 Black primiparous women (ages 17-30 at delivery) and 335 age- and discriminationmatched non-pregnant controls from the Pittsburgh Girls Study. Self-reported discrimination experiences were collected at four timepoints: two years pre-pregnancy, one year pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and one year postpartum for the childbearing sample, with corresponding data from the non-pregnant sample across the same interval (matched pairwise).<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S003329172510113X_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n\t    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Linear increases in discrimination were observed for the nonpregnant participants (<jats:italic>B<jats:sub>S<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic> = .480, SE = .090, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt;.001), while childbearing participants showed no overall changes, though younger age predicted greater increases over time. For childbearing participants, both baseline discrimination (<jats:italic>B<jats:sub>I<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic> = .626, <jats:italic>SE<\/jats:italic> = .077, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) and increasing discrimination (<jats:italic>B<jats:sub>S<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic> = 2.55, <jats:italic>SE<\/jats:italic> = .939, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .01) predicted postpartum depressive symptoms, controlling for pre-pregnancy depression. Among non-pregnant participants, only baseline discrimination predicted later depression (<jats:italic>B<jats:sub>I<\/jats:sub><\/jats:italic> = .912, <jats:italic>SE<\/jats:italic> = .081, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001).<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S003329172510113X_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n\t    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Experiencing increasing levels of interpersonal discrimination across the transition to parenthood may heighten postpartum depression risk among young Black women, indicating a need for interventions supporting well-being and promoting resilience before, during and after pregnancy.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s003329172510113x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,17]],"date-time":"2025-07-17T06:51:16Z","timestamp":1752735076000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Experiences of discrimination across the transition to parenthood and postpartum depression severity among Black women"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"55","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7179-1151","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alison","family":"Hipwell","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4220-3984","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kelsey","family":"Magee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1775-8171","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kate","family":"Keenan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1263-066X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Irene","family":"Tung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3535-1404","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ashley","family":"Hill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ashley","family":"Stiller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7012-1666","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Allysa","family":"Quick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1054-3856","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michele","family":"Levine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sierra","family":"Strickland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1198-3586","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Melanie","family":"Custodio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"S003329172510113X_r32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15374416.2010.486320"},{"key":"S003329172510113X_r29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10705519909540118"},{"key":"S003329172510113X_r49","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13557858.2018.1439896"},{"key":"S003329172510113X_r42","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/002204268401400206"},{"key":"S003329172510113X_r62","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10865-008-9185-0"},{"key":"S003329172510113X_r21","volume-title":"The adult self- report Inventory-4. 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