Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University.
Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
J Fam Psychol. 2018 Aug;32(5):575-587. doi: 10.1037/fam0000416. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
This study focused on the interrelations among different domains of maternal adaptation (i.e., emotion-regulation difficulties, depressive symptoms, and couple-relationship satisfaction) over the transition to parenthood and also their associations with mothers' recalled childhood maternal nonsupportive emotion socialization. Data were obtained from a socioeconomically and racially diverse sample of 196 primiparous mothers during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and at 6 months postpartum. Results indicated that (a) mothers' adaptation in different domains had shared roots in their recalled childhood maternal nonsupportive emotion socialization; (b) maternal adaptation in various domains were interrelated with rather than independent of each other, and such associations were unidirectional rather than reciprocal (e.g., mothers' prenatal couple-relationship satisfaction was negatively associated with their depressive symptoms at 6 months postpartum rather than the reverse); and (c) mothers' adaptation in a given domain served as the mechanism via which their recalled childhood maternal nonsupportive emotion socialization shaped their adaptation in the other domains (e.g., mothers' recalled maternal nonsupportive emotion socialization was positively associated with their depressive symptoms at 6 months postpartum via its positive association with their prenatal emotion-regulation difficulties). These associations were independent of several critical covariates (e.g., child negative affect, maternal attachment). Such findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the complexity inherent within maternal adaptation over the transition to parenthood and highlight potential avenues for interventions aimed at promoting mothers' successful navigation of challenges over this transition. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究关注了母亲适应不同领域（即情绪调节困难、抑郁症状和夫妻关系满意度）之间的相互关系，以及它们与母亲回忆起的童年时期母亲非支持性情绪社会化的关联。数据来自于一个社会经济和种族多样化的 196 名初产妇样本，他们在怀孕第 3 个 trimester 和产后 6 个月时接受了调查。结果表明：（a）母亲在不同领域的适应能力与其回忆起的童年时期母亲非支持性情绪社会化有共同的根源；（b）母亲在不同领域的适应能力相互关联而不是相互独立，这种关联是单向的而不是相互的（例如，母亲产前的夫妻关系满意度与产后 6 个月的抑郁症状呈负相关，而不是相反）；（c）母亲在特定领域的适应能力是其回忆起的童年时期母亲非支持性情绪社会化影响其在其他领域适应能力的机制（例如，母亲回忆起的母亲非支持性情绪社会化与其产前情绪调节困难呈正相关，进而与其产后 6 个月的抑郁症状呈正相关）。这些关联独立于几个关键的协变量（例如，儿童消极情绪、母亲依恋）。这些发现有助于更细致地理解母亲在过渡到父母角色过程中适应能力的复杂性，并强调了潜在的干预途径，旨在促进母亲在这一过渡期间成功应对挑战。
