School of Social Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China.
School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2022 Aug;25(4):781-788. doi: 10.1007/s00737-022-01240-w. Epub 2022 Jun 2.
Due to shortage of childcare facilities while high social expectations for mothering, becoming a mother is a big life challenge for most women in urban China. The understandings on Chinese postpartum women's affective well-being and its relation with spousal support and maternal role adaptation remain limited. This study aims to investigate the affective well-being (including both positive and negative affect) of Chinese urban postpartum women and how it is associated with spousal support and maternal role adaptation. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shanghai, China, between June and July 2019. A total of 498 urban mothers whose babies were 0 to 1 year old participated in this survey. They completed the Postpartum Social Support Questionnaire (PSSQ), the Maternal Role Adaptation Scale, and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), and reported socio-demographic information. Results showed that positive and negative affect of postpartum women were not significantly associated with each other. Positive affect had a positive correlation with spousal support and maternal role adaptation. Negative affect was negatively associated with maternal role adaptation, while not significantly associated with spousal support. Maternal role adaptation partially mediated the relationship between spousal support and positive affect of the participants, controlling for age, household income, education, birth order, and inter-generational support. The findings indicate that intervention programs towards mental health of postpartum women should focus more on positive affect cultivation; moreover, clinical services should help postpartum women to adapt to maternal role by encouraging new fathers' or partners' involvement in daily childcare-giving.
由于育儿设施短缺，而社会对母亲的期望又很高，成为母亲对中国城市的大多数女性来说是一个巨大的生活挑战。人们对中国产后女性的情感幸福感及其与配偶支持和母亲角色适应的关系的理解仍然有限。本研究旨在调查中国城市产后女性的情感幸福感（包括积极和消极情绪），以及它与配偶支持和母亲角色适应的关系。2019 年 6 月至 7 月，在中国上海进行了一项横断面调查。共有 498 名婴儿 0 至 1 岁的城市母亲参加了这项调查。她们完成了产后社会支持问卷（PSSQ）、母亲角色适应量表和正负情绪量表（PANAS），并报告了社会人口统计学信息。结果表明，产后女性的积极情绪和消极情绪之间没有显著的相关性。积极情绪与配偶支持和母亲角色适应呈正相关。消极情绪与母亲角色适应呈负相关，而与配偶支持无显著相关性。母亲角色适应部分中介了配偶支持与参与者积极情绪之间的关系，控制了年龄、家庭收入、教育、出生顺序和代际支持。研究结果表明，针对产后女性心理健康的干预计划应更多地关注积极情绪的培养；此外，临床服务应通过鼓励新父亲或伴侣参与日常育儿来帮助产后女性适应母亲角色。
