산전 우울 임부를 위한 긍정심리기반 프로그램의 효과

Abstract

Purpose: This study examined the effects of a positive psychology-based program for depressed pregnant women.

Methods: Of the 221 pregnant women who were screened, 24 were recruited from 4 local women's clinic in Daegu city, South Korea. Subjects were at 6-29 weeks of gestation and scored 9-13 points on the Korean version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Subjects were assigned to experimental (n= 12) and control (n=12) groups. The program consisted of ten 120-minute sessions conducted twice a week. Data were collected during the period between December 21, 2017 and April 12, 2018 and analyzed using IBM SPSS/WIN (ver. 21.0). Homogeneity of the experimental and control groups was evaluated by chi-square test and t-test. Hypotheses were tested by repeated measure analysis of variance.

Results: The results revealed that in terms of stress coping styles, the active coping style (group*time= 15.23, p<0.001) increased, while the passive coping style decreased (group*time=15.27, p<0.001). Perceived spouse support (group*time=19.45, p<0.001), self-esteem (group*time=17.39, p<0.001), perinatal depression (group*time=78.77, p<0.001), and flourish (group*time=57.56, p<0.001) have significantly improved in the experimental group compared with the control group.

Conclusion: These findings indicate that positive psychology-based program can be useful for pregnant women already suffering from depression to prevent perinatal depression.