THE EFFECTS OF A SOCIAL SUPPORT GROUP ON DEPRESSION, MATERNAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR IN NEW MOTHERS

被引：67

作者：

FLEMING, AS ^{[1
]}

KLEIN, E ^{[1
]}

CORTER, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV TORONTO,FAC EDUC,INST CHILD STUDIES,TORONTO M5S 1A1,ONTARIO,CANADA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY AND ALLIED DISCIPLINES | 1992年 / 33卷 / 04期

关键词：

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION; MOTHERHOOD; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1469-7610.1992.tb00905.x

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

The present study examined the effects of a postpartum Social Support Group intervention on mood state, attitudes and behavior of new mothers. Intervention conditions consisted of an eight session Social Support intervention (n = 44), a no intervention condition (n = 83) and a Group-by-Mail intervention (n = 15). Attitudinal and behavioral assessments were made before and after the interventions at 6 and 20 weeks postpartum, respectively. The primary results indicate that regardless of intervention condition mothers undergo an improvement in mood from 2 weeks to 5 months postpartum. Although the Social Support intervention did not alleviate maternal depression and, in fact, may be detrimental to depressed mothers' self-confidence, it did increase mothers' proximal attention to their infants.

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页码：685 / 698

页数：14