Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2020 Dec;15(1):1722564. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2020.1722564.
: The study aims are to explore the lived experiences of mothers and fathers of postpartum depression and parental stress after childbirth.: Qualitative interviews conducted, and analysed from an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) perspective.: Both mothers and fathers described experiences of inadequacy, although fathers described external requirements, and mothers described internal requirements as the most stressful. Experiences of problems during pregnancy or a traumatic delivery contributed to postpartum depression and anxiety in mothers and affected fathers' well-being. Thus, identifying postpartum depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, mothers described varying experiences of child health care support. Postpartum depression seemed to affect the spouses' relationships, and both mothers and fathers experienced loneliness and spouse relationship problems. Experiences of emotional problems and troubled upbringing in the parents' family of origin may contribute to vulnerability from previous trauma and to long-term depressive symptoms for mothers.: The findings of this study demonstrate the significant impact of postpartum depression and parental stress has in parents' everyday lives and on the spouse relationship. These results support a change from an individual parental focus to couples' transition to parenthood in child health care.
: 研究目的是探索产后抑郁症和父母压力的母亲和父亲的生活经历。: 进行了定性访谈，并从解释现象学分析（IPA）的角度进行了分析。: 母亲和父亲都描述了不称职的经历，尽管父亲描述了外部要求，而母亲则将内部要求描述为最具压力的要求。怀孕期间出现问题或分娩创伤的经历导致母亲产后抑郁和焦虑，并影响父亲的健康。因此，通过爱丁堡产后抑郁量表识别产后抑郁症，母亲描述了不同的儿童保健支持体验。产后抑郁症似乎影响了配偶关系，母亲和父亲都经历了孤独和配偶关系问题。父母原生家庭中情绪问题和养育问题的经历可能导致以前创伤的脆弱性，并导致母亲长期抑郁症状。: 本研究的结果表明，产后抑郁症和父母压力对父母的日常生活和配偶关系有重大影响。这些结果支持从以父母为中心的个体转变为儿童保健中的夫妻过渡到为人父母。
