School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Early Start, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 16;15(12):e0243898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243898. eCollection 2020.
The widespread accessibility and use of the internet provides numerous opportunities for women to independently seek out pregnancy-related information and social and emotional support during the antenatal period. Given the heightened psychological vulnerability of the pregnancy period there is a critical need to examine digital media use within the context of the feelings that women have about themselves and towards their fetus. The current study examined the relationship between digital media use during pregnancy, psychological wellbeing and their maternal-fetal attachment using an online survey. Forty-eight pregnant women completed a self-report questionnaire on their reasons for using digital media, and standardised measures of self-criticism, negative affect, social quality of life (QOL), and maternal-fetal attachment. The mean age of participants was 29.4 years (SD = 5.26), with a mean of 24.3 weeks gestation (SD = 9.95). Information seeking, emotional support and social support were highly endorsed reasons for digital media use (85.42%, 66.67%, 62.5% respectively). However, digital media use was positively correlated with negative affect (p = .003) and self-criticism (p < .001). Digital media use was also negatively correlated with QOL (p = .007). There was no evidence of a relationship between digital media use and maternal-fetal attachment (p = .330). Digital environments may be an important social context within which a pregnant woman develops her own maternal identity and knowledge. There are a number of benefits and limitations of this medium for providing information and support for women during pregnancy. Enhancing the opportunities to promote pregnant women's wellbeing in this context is an important avenue for further research and practice.
互联网的广泛普及和使用为女性在产前阶段独立寻找与怀孕相关的信息以及获得社会和情感支持提供了诸多机会。鉴于怀孕期间心理脆弱性增加，因此需要特别关注女性对自己和胎儿的感受与数字媒体使用之间的关系。本研究使用在线调查的方式，研究了怀孕期间使用数字媒体与心理健康和母婴依恋之间的关系。48 名孕妇完成了一份关于使用数字媒体原因的自我报告问卷，以及自我批判、负面情绪、社会生活质量（QOL）和母婴依恋的标准化测量。参与者的平均年龄为 29.4 岁（SD = 5.26），平均妊娠 24.3 周（SD = 9.95）。信息搜索、情感支持和社会支持是使用数字媒体的高度认可原因（分别为 85.42%、66.67%和 62.5%）。然而，数字媒体使用与负面情绪呈正相关（p =.003），与自我批判呈正相关（p <.001）。数字媒体使用也与 QOL 呈负相关（p =.007）。数字媒体使用与母婴依恋之间没有证据表明存在关系（p =.330）。数字环境可能是孕妇发展自己的母性认同和知识的重要社会环境。这种媒体为女性在怀孕期间提供信息和支持有许多好处和局限性。在这种情况下，增强促进孕妇幸福感的机会是进一步研究和实践的重要途径。
