Luo Yunjie, Ebina Yasuhiko, Sato Yoko
Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 0600812, Japan.
Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 0600812, Japan.
SSM Popul Health. 2024 Jun 1;26:101686. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101686. eCollection 2024 Jun.
Owing to a lack of social support, child-rearing Chinese women in Japan experience mental health disorders, such as depression and parenting stress. Effective interventions to improve the mental health of these women are lacking. This study aimed to develop an Internet-based mental health promotion intervention for this subsection of the population and evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention.
We used a quasi-experimental pre- and post-test design whereby the results of the intervention group were compared with those of a control group. Seventy-three child-rearing women were recruited from online groups of Chinese residents in Japan. In the Internet-based intervention, participants utilised an information provision application and attended online parenting workshops. The intervention group participated in the online workshops once a week for six weeks and accessed the application, whereas the control group did not. The outcome measures included the levels of mental health distress, depression, social support, and parenting stress. Data were collected from February to April 2022. Data analysis was performed using repeated-measures analysis of variance.
Mental health distress (F = 16.478, p < 0.001, η = 0.210) and depression (F = 13.078, p = 0.001, η = 0.174) were significantly affected in the intervention group compared with the control group. There were no significant differences in social support and parenting stress between the groups. The Internet-based mental health promotion intervention was highly appraised by the participants.
This study developed an Internet-based mental health promotion intervention that involved an information provision application and parenting workshops. The intervention significantly reduced the mental health distress and depression of Chinese women in Japan but did not affect social support and parenting stress. The findings suggest that this intervention could be applied to foreign women with multicultural backgrounds in diverse settings to improve their psychological well-being.
由于缺乏社会支持，在日本抚养孩子的中国女性面临心理健康问题，如抑郁和育儿压力。目前缺乏有效的干预措施来改善这些女性的心理健康状况。本研究旨在为这部分人群开发一种基于互联网的心理健康促进干预措施，并评估该干预措施的效果。
我们采用了准实验前后测设计，将干预组的结果与对照组的结果进行比较。从在日本的中国居民在线群组中招募了73名育儿女性。在基于互联网的干预中，参与者使用了一个信息提供应用程序并参加了在线育儿工作坊。干预组每周参加一次在线工作坊，为期六周，并使用该应用程序，而对照组则没有。结果指标包括心理健康困扰、抑郁、社会支持和育儿压力水平。数据于2022年2月至4月收集。使用重复测量方差分析进行数据分析。
与对照组相比，干预组的心理健康困扰（F = 16.478，p < 0.001，η = 0.210）和抑郁（F = 13.078，p = 0.001，η = 0.174）受到显著影响。两组之间在社会支持和育儿压力方面没有显著差异。基于互联网的心理健康促进干预措施得到了参与者的高度评价。
本研究开发了一种基于互联网的心理健康促进干预措施，包括一个信息提供应用程序和育儿工作坊。该干预措施显著降低了在日本的中国女性的心理健康困扰和抑郁，但对社会支持和育儿压力没有影响。研究结果表明，这种干预措施可以应用于具有多元文化背景的外国女性，以改善她们的心理健康状况。
