Parental Postpartum Depression & the Family System

描述：（由申请人提供）产后抑郁症影响8 28%的人是新妈妈， 出现了一定程度的抑郁症状初为人父的人也会经历 抑郁症，特别是如果他们的伴侣抑郁，以及产后抑郁症 与婚姻满意度下降有关。亲子互动 和依恋是衡量婴儿质量的主要指标？的培育 环境产后抑郁症有显著的负面影响， 母婴互动和儿童发展。很少有人知道如何 当新父亲抑郁或父母双方都抑郁时， 出现抑郁症状同样未知的是， 不抑郁的父亲可能会缓冲母亲的负面影响？产后 对婴儿的抑郁症。本研究采用家庭系统框架，旨在 探讨母亲抑郁症状、父亲抑郁症状 症状，夫妻关系的质量和父母的二元功能， 父母与婴儿之间的互动以及每一位父母对婴儿的依恋。一 混合方法三角形设计，包括2至3的定量测量 产后3个月，随后进行深入的定性访谈和定量 在6至12个月的测量与研究家庭的目的子集将 被利用将对调查结果进行解释，以增加对如何 产后抑郁症状影响家庭， 会产生产后抑郁症。从本研究中获得的知识可能 有助于制定护理干预措施， 产后早期的亲子关系。这可能是 在早期养育子女的家庭， 被抑郁所影响

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.