Roman Maria, Bostan Cristina Maria, Diaconu-Gherasim Loredana R, Constantin Ticu
Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Romania.
Front Psychol. 2019 Jul 12;10:1625. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01625. eCollection 2019.
This study investigated how personality traits are related to postnatal depression 2 weeks after giving birth and whether these relations are mediated by postnatal anxiety, measured after 3-4 days after giving birth and moderated by the type of birth. New mothers ( = 672, age = 29.33) completed scales assessing their personality traits, postnatal anxiety, and postnatal depression 3 or 4 days after giving birth (T1). They also reported postnatal depression 2 weeks after giving birth (T2). Path analysis indicated that postnatal anxiety explained the link between personality traits (i.e., neuroticism) and postnatal depression 2 weeks after childbirth. The type of birth moderated the relation among, personality traits, postnatal anxiety and depression. Neuroticism and consciousness, in the natural birth's group, and neuroticism and agreeableness, in the cesarean birth's group, were associated with postnatal depression. Further, anxiety explained the relation between neuroticism and postnatal depression in both natural and cesarean birth groups. In addition, postnatal anxiety mediated the relation between extraversion and postnatal depression in the cesarean birth group. Our findings highlight that postnatal anxiety is a potential mechanism explaining how personality traits (i.e., neuroticism, extraversion) are related to postnatal depression, and that these relations may depend on the type of childbirth.
本研究调查了人格特质与产后2周的产后抑郁之间的关系，以及这些关系是否由产后焦虑介导（产后3 - 4天测量），并受分娩方式的调节。新妈妈们（n = 672，年龄 = 29.33）在产后3或4天（T1）完成了评估其人格特质、产后焦虑和产后抑郁的量表。她们还报告了产后2周（T2）的产后抑郁情况。路径分析表明，产后焦虑解释了人格特质（即神经质）与产后2周抑郁之间的联系。分娩方式调节了人格特质、产后焦虑和抑郁之间的关系。在自然分娩组中，神经质与尽责性，以及剖宫产组中，神经质与宜人性，均与产后抑郁相关。此外，焦虑在自然分娩组和剖宫产组中均解释了神经质与产后抑郁之间的关系。另外，在剖宫产组中，产后焦虑介导了外向性与产后抑郁之间的关系。我们的研究结果强调，产后焦虑是解释人格特质（即神经质、外向性）与产后抑郁如何相关的潜在机制，并且这些关系可能取决于分娩方式。
