Mothers at-risk for postpartum depression: Mental health and emotion regulation throughout the postpartum period

Cardoso, C.; Fonseca, Ana

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02435-7

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“…Recent studies revealed that parents' capability to regulate emotions is central to their mental health [21,22]. Notably, when parents exhibit emotion regulation di culties, they also experience psychological distress, such as symptoms of depression and anxiety [23]. In a study involving new mothers [24], those who engaged in maladaptive emotion regulation strategies such as rumination, self-blame, and catastrophizing were more likely to report postpartum depression.…”

Section: The Role Of Parents' Emotion Regulation In Mental Healthmentioning

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Depression and Anxiety among Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Cumulative Stress and Emotion Dysregulation

Cheung,

Vaydich

2023

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced many new stressors for parents worldwide. This study investigated the link between parents’ cumulative stress and psychological distress during the pandemic. Parents’ emotion dysregulation was further examined as a moderator between cumulative stress and psychological distress. Methods: A total of 155 parents in the United States participated in the present study. Path analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of cumulative stress, including COVID-19-related stress, general stress, and parental stress, as well as emotion dysregulation on parents’ psychological distress, including depression and anxiety. Results: The present findings indicated that parents’ general stress, parental stress, and emotion dysregulation predicted depressive symptoms. Emotion dysregulation further exacerbated the effect of parental stress on depression. Parents’ general stress and emotion dysregulation were also predictive of anxiety symptoms. In addition, emotion dysregulation exacerbated the effect of COVID-19-related stress on parental anxiety. Conclusions: This study revealed that parents’ stress and emotion dysregulation were additively and interactively associated with their psychological distress. The findings inform researchers and practitioners that parents’ stressors have cumulative effects on their psychological distress, and that emotion dysregulation can worsen the negative effect of stress on mental health in challenging times, such as the pandemic.

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Section: The Role Of Parents' Emotion Regulation In Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Depression and Anxiety among Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Cumulative Stress and Emotion Dysregulation

Cheung,

Vaydich

2023

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“…37 This study provides some preliminary evidence of associations between postpartum neuroanatomical changes and postpartum mood and, but if changes in mood symptoms, particularly depressive symptoms, across the postpartum are prospectively associated with postpartum brain structure is unclear. Examining these associations is critical as postpartum depressive symptoms may impact the neuroanatomical changes that support parenting as evidence suggests higher postpartum depressive symptoms are associated with reduced emotion regulation of the parent 40,41 and lower parental sensitivity. 42,43 The present study aims to further characterize neuroanatomical changes (for both surface morphometry and gray matter volume) across the postpartum period.…”

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Longitudinal Neuroanatomical Increases from Early to One-Year Postpartum

Dufford,

Patterson,

Kim

2024

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Preclinical studies have provided causal evidence that the postpartum period involves regional neuroanatomical changes in ‘maternal’ brain regions to support the transition to offspring caregiving. Few studies, in humans, have examined neuroanatomical changes from early to one-year postpartum with longitudinal neuroimaging data and their association with postpartum mood changes. In this study, we examined longitudinal changes in surface morphometry (cortical thickness and surface area) in regions previously implicated in the transition to parenthood. We also examined longitudinal volumetric neuroanatomical changes in three subcortical regions of the maternal brain: the hippocampus, amygdala, and ventral diencephalon. Twenty-four participants underwent longitudinal structural magnetic resonance imaging at 2–4 weeks and 1 year postpartum. Cortical thickness increased from early to one-year postpartum in the left (p = .003, Bonferroni corrected) and right (p = .02, Bonferroni corrected) superior frontal gyrus. No significant increases (or decreases) were observed in these regions for surface area. Volumetric increases, across the postpartum period, were found in the left amygdala (p = .001, Bonferroni corrected) and right ventral diencephalon (p = .01, Bonferroni corrected). An exploratory analysis of depressive symptoms found reductions in depressive symptoms from early postpartum to one-year postpartum were associated with greater cortical thickness in the superior frontal gyrus for both the left (p = .02) and right (p = .02) hemispheres. The findings expand our evidence of the neuroanatomical changes that occur across the postpartum period in humans and motivate future studies to examine how mood changes across this period are associated with cortical thickness of the superior frontal gyrus.

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