母婴分离影响母亲心理健康状况的研究简述

Review of maternal separation's impact on mother's mental health

近年来,关于母婴分离的研究成为了国内外学者关注的热点。母婴分离会导致母亲产生焦虑、抑郁等负性心理,而这些负性心理的出现又与母亲的人格、职业状况和妊娠期状况等中介变量密切相关。母婴分离所导致母亲的心理问题有其特有的发展进程。目前,国外学者已编制出《母婴分离焦虑量表》、《爱丁堡产后抑郁量表》等测试工具用于评估母婴分离对母亲心理健康状况的影响,对临床和公共卫生有着指导作用。

Recently maternal separation becomes a hot point all around the world. Maternal separation may cause negative mental health, including depression and anxiety. The mediators, such as mother＇ s personality, occupational status and condition at gestation period are closely related to mother＇s negative mood. These psychological problems caused by maternal separation have unique development process. Useful evaluation tools such as Maternal Separation Anxiety Scale and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale have been developed to measure the impact of maternal separation on mental health of the mothers, which can guide clinical and public health practice.