Parental Postpartum Depression & the Family System

描述：(申请人提供)产后抑郁症影响8-8岁之间 28%或新妈妈，高达68%的新妈妈 经历某种程度的抑郁症状。初为人父的人也经历了 抑郁，尤其是如果他们的伴侣患有抑郁症，以及产后抑郁症 与婚姻满意度下降有关。亲子互动 依恋和依恋是衡量婴儿质量的主要指标--S 环境。产后抑郁症对健康有显著的负面影响。 母婴互动和儿童发展。人们对此知之甚少 当新父亲抑郁或父母双方都患有抑郁症时，婴儿会受到影响。 有抑郁症状的。同样未知的是，一个 非抑郁的父亲可能会缓冲母亲的负面影响--S产后 婴儿的忧郁症。运用家庭系统框架，本研究旨在 探讨母亲抑郁症状、父亲抑郁的影响 症状、夫妻关系质量和父母二联体功能 亲子互动与父母各自对婴儿的依恋？S。一个 包含2至3个定量措施的混合方法三角设计 产后几个月，随后进行深入的定性访谈和定量 在6到12个月时，对有目的的研究家庭子集进行测量 被利用。调查结果将被解释以增加对如何 产后抑郁症状影响家庭，家庭系统模型 产后抑郁症就会产生。从这项研究中获得的知识可能 有助于制定护理干预措施，以促进最佳护理 产后早期的亲子关系。这可能是 在早期养育孩子的家庭中，对孩子的发展尤为关键 因抑郁而折衷。

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant) Postpartum depression affects between 8 and 28 percent or new mothers, with up to 68 percent of new mothers experiencing some degree of depressive symptoms. New fathers also experience depression, especially if their partner is depressed, and postpartum depression is correlated with decreased marital satisfaction. Parent-infant interaction and attachment are major indicators of the quality of the infant?s nurturing environment. Postpartum depression has significant negative effects on mother-infant interaction and on child development. Little is known about how the infant is affected when a new father is depressed or when both parents are experiencing depressive symptoms. Also unknown is whether or not a non-depressed father may buffer the negative effects of a mother?s postpartum depression on the infant. Using a family systems framework, this study aims to explore the influences of maternal depressive symptoms, paternal depressive symptoms, quality of the couple relationship and parental dyad functioning on the parent-infant interaction and each parent?s attachment to the infant. A mixed-method triangulated design involving quantitative measures at 2 to 3 months postpartum, followed by in-depth qualitative interviews and quantitative measurements at 6 to 12 months with a purposive subset of study families will be used. Findings will be interpreted to increase understanding of how postpartum depressive symptoms impact the family, and a family systems model of postpartum depression will be generated. Knowledge gained from this study may be useful in developing nursing interventions that will promote optimal parent-infant relationships in the early postpartum months. This may be especially crucial to child development in families where early parenting is compromised by depression.