Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
Brain Behav. 2023 Apr;13(4):e2900. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2900. Epub 2023 Feb 27.
Depression in mothers impacts children negatively. Understanding the antecedents and the underlying mechanisms of depression is essential in helping clinicians target depressive symptoms effectively. This study investigated the relationship between parental burnout and depression in mothers and examined the mediation role of Maladaptive Coping modes.
A total of 224 mothers participated in this study and completed the Parental Burnout Assessment scale, Patient Health Questionnaire, and items related to coping modes in Schema Mode Inventory.
Data analysis with structural equation modeling revealed that depression and parental burnout were positively and significantly related. Bootstrap analysis showed that all coping modes except the Self-Aggrandizer mode act as mediators between parental burnout and depression in mothers. Detached Protector mode had the strongest indirect effect on depression.
The results suggest Maladaptive Coping modes mediate the association between parental burnout and depression. The present finding provides evidence that Maladaptive Coping modes can be considered probable mediational mechanisms that relate depression to parental burnout in mothers and may serve as potential interventional targets.
母亲的抑郁会对孩子产生负面影响。了解抑郁的前因和潜在机制对于帮助临床医生有效地针对抑郁症状至关重要。本研究调查了父母倦怠与母亲抑郁之间的关系，并检验了适应不良应对模式的中介作用。
共有 224 名母亲参与了这项研究，完成了父母倦怠评估量表、患者健康问卷和模式清单中与应对模式相关的项目。
结构方程模型数据分析显示，抑郁和父母倦怠呈正相关且显著相关。Bootstrap 分析显示，除了自夸者模式外，所有应对模式都在父母倦怠和母亲抑郁之间起中介作用。分离保护者模式对抑郁的间接影响最强。
研究结果表明，适应不良应对模式中介了父母倦怠与抑郁之间的关系。这一发现提供了证据表明，适应不良应对模式可能是将抑郁与父母倦怠联系起来的中介机制，并且可以作为潜在的干预目标。
