Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Stress Health. 2021 Oct;37(4):755-765. doi: 10.1002/smi.3036. Epub 2021 Mar 3.
In the field of perinatal clinical psychology, most studies focus on mothers' psychological states during pregnancy, neglecting the role of their partners. This study used an Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model to evaluate the mediating role of dyadic satisfaction on the relationship between perceived stress and prenatal depressive symptomatology in both members of male-female-mixed-gender couples who were expecting their first child. One hundred thirty-eight couples in their third trimester of pregnancy were asked to complete questionnaires about perceived stress, dyadic adjustment, and depression. The model revealed that there was an intrapersonal indirect effect of fathers' perceived stress on prenatal paternal depression through their marital satisfaction. Moreover, an interpersonal indirect effect was found with mothers' perceived stress being associated with prenatal paternal depression through fathers' dyadic satisfaction. Maternal indirect effects were all non-significant, suggesting that their dyadic satisfaction and that of their partner did not mediate the relation between their perceived stress and that of their partner and their prenatal depression. Findings support the importance of assessing the dyadic satisfaction of couples during pregnancy, especially in expectant fathers, and targeting it in the psychological support offered to couples as a way of improving their prenatal distress, and consequently, their mental health.
在围产期临床心理学领域，大多数研究都集中在母亲怀孕期间的心理状态上，而忽略了其伴侣的作用。本研究采用 Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model 评估了在期待第一个孩子的男女混合性别夫妇中，夫妻双方的感知压力与产前抑郁症状之间的关系中，夫妻满意度的中介作用。138 对处于妊娠晚期的夫妇被要求完成关于感知压力、夫妻关系调整和抑郁的问卷。模型显示，父亲的感知压力通过他们的婚姻满意度对产前父亲的抑郁有个体内间接影响。此外，还发现了一种人际间的间接影响，即母亲的感知压力通过父亲的夫妻满意度与产前父亲的抑郁有关。母亲的间接效应均不显著，表明他们的夫妻满意度和伴侣的夫妻满意度并没有调节他们的感知压力与伴侣的感知压力和产前抑郁之间的关系。研究结果支持在怀孕期间评估夫妇的夫妻满意度的重要性，特别是在期待父亲的情况下，并将其作为向夫妇提供心理支持的一种方式，以改善他们的产前困扰，从而改善他们的心理健康。
