This study aimed to investigate whether endorsement of “difficulty coping” questions on two self-report measures would be affected by whether or not women had to put their name on the questionnaires. In addition, a small survey of mental health professionals was conducted to see what they thought the study would find. Women (n = 211) attending maternal and child health clinics completed two self-report measures of mood and experience of motherhood. Women were either asked to write their name on the forms and were told that the project officer would check their forms once completed (“named” condition) or asked not to put their name on the forms and that the forms would not be looked at (“anonymous” condition). Perinatal mental health professionals (n = 44) completed...