MAFFEI, Bruna; MENEZES, Marina    CREPALDI, Maria Aparecida. Significant social network in the gestational process: an integrative review. []. , 22, 1, pp.216-237. ISSN 1516-0858.

This study aimed to characterize the national and international scientific production about the significant social network of women in the gestational process. Publications were searched between 2013 and 2018 through the PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO and Virtual Health Library databases, combining the descriptors "pregnant women", "pregnancy", "high risk pregnancy", "social network" and "social support". There are 28 studies that compose the corpus of analysis of this article. The results evidenced the lack of conceptualization and clarity of the terms used, the importance of the partner and his emotional support in the constitution of motherhood and social support as a protection factor for depressive symptoms pre and postnatal. We suggest the development of studies with the people that make up the significant social network of pregnant women, as well as research that accompanies changes in the network during pregnancy and in the postnatal period.

: social network; social support; pregnancy; prenatal care; family.

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