Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy, Faculty of Human Studies, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Department of Surgical Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2021 Nov;39(5):532-543. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2020.1843612. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
The present study aimed to investigate whether a mother's anxiety, depression, prenatal perception of childbirth, and experience with delivery, assessed from pregnancy to three months postpartum, were associated with her perception of her infant's affectivity (NA). The participant sample was composed of 76 primiparous mothers and their healthy babies (58% boys, 42% girls). During pregnancy, mothers independently filled out the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaires (W-DEQ) version A. One month after giving birth, the mothers filled out the W-DEQ version B. Finally, three months after giving birth, they completed the EPDS, the STAI, and the four Infant Behaviour Questionnaire (IBQ-R) scales of NA. Linear regression analyses showed that perinatal FoB, trait anxiety, and depression were associated with a maternal perception of higher infant NA. Studies on perinatal parental health and child outcomes should include assessments of the relation between anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum depression in order to prevent any negative impacts on the temperaments of children.
本研究旨在探讨母亲在孕期至产后三个月期间的焦虑、抑郁、产前分娩感知和分娩经历是否与她对婴儿情感表达（NA）的感知有关。参与者样本由 76 名初产妇及其健康婴儿组成（58%为男孩，42%为女孩）。在孕期，母亲们独立填写了状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）、爱丁堡产后抑郁量表（EPDS）和 Wijma 分娩期望/经验问卷（W-DEQ）A 版。分娩一个月后，母亲们填写了 W-DEQ 问卷 B 版。最后，在分娩三个月后，她们完成了 EPDS、STAI 和婴儿行为问卷（IBQ-R）NA 四个量表的填写。线性回归分析表明，围产期 FoB、特质焦虑和抑郁与母亲对婴儿 NA 较高的感知有关。关于围产期父母健康和儿童结局的研究应包括评估孕期焦虑与产后抑郁之间的关系，以防止对儿童气质产生任何负面影响。
