Postpartum Psychopathology and Teenage Mothers

产后精神病理学和少女母亲

• 批准号: 7121182
• 负责人: ALISON E HIPWELL
• 金额: $ 14.45万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-09 至 2010-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7121182
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); age at pregnancy; behavioral /social science research tag; child mental disorders; child rearing; clinical research; female; human puberty; human subject; interview; longitudinal human study; mental health; mother child interaction; postpartum; psychological stressor; psychopathology; questionnaires; statistics /biometry; women' s health

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objectives of this project are to contribute to knowledge about the nature and origins of postpartum psychopathology and parenting difficulties among teenage mothers, and the transactional relationships that heighten future mental health risks for both mother and child. The specific aims are to investigate mental health problems as precursors to teenage pregnancy, risks for postpartum psychopathology and the reciprocal processes between teenage parenting, maternal psychopathology and infant dysregulated behavior and emotions. In order to develop specific expertise required as an independent investigator, this K01 proposal encompasses three training goals for the candidate: (i) to gain a fuller understanding of developmental models of psychopathology specific to teenagers; (ii) to develop skills in the assessment of teenage parenting and infant dysregulation; and (iii) to develop expertise in longitudinal statistical analyses to study developmental phenomena over time. These goals will be achieved in a prospective substudy of a longitudinal, large-scale (n=2,451) investigation of girls' behavioral and emotional development (the Pittsburgh Girls Study: PGS). At the start of the substudy data collection, the girls in the PGS will be ages 11-14 years and 6 annual waves of data will already have been collected using multiple informants. It is estimated that 239 teenagers will become mothers during the K01 award period and that a minimum of 191 will participate in the substudy. Participants will be asked to visit the research laboratory with their infant at 2-3 months and at 12 months post delivery for assessment of maternal mental health, parenting and infant behavior and filming of mother-infant interactions. Information from this project may ultimately improve children's welfare by leading to the development of early interventions to reduce mental health risks for teenage pregnancy, postpartum psychopathology and parenting difficulties among adolescents that have long-term, adverse consequences for offspring.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的长期目标是有助于了解产后心理病理学的性质和起源和青少年母亲之间的育儿困难，以及增强母子未来心理健康风险的交易关系。具体的目的是研究心理健康问题，作为青少年怀孕的先驱，产后心理病理学的风险以及青少年育儿，孕产妇心理病理学和婴儿失调的行为和情绪之间的相互过程。为了发展作为独立研究者所需的特定专业知识，该K01提案涵盖了候选人的三个培训目标：（i）对青少年特定的精神病理学发展模型有了更深入的了解； （ii）在评估青少年育儿和婴儿失调的评估方面； （iii）在纵向统计分析中发展专业知识，以随着时间的推移研究发展现象。 这些目标将在对女孩的行为和情感发展（匹兹堡女孩研究：PGS）的纵向大规模（n = 2,451）的前瞻性基础上实现。在收集物质数据开始时，PGS的女孩将年龄在11-14岁之间，并且已经使用多个线人收集了6年的数据浪潮。据估计，在K01奖励期间，有239名青少年将成为母亲，至少有191名将参加该子女。将要求参与者在2-3个月和分娩后12个月与婴儿一起访问研究实验室，以评估孕产妇的心理健康，育儿和婴儿行为以及对母亲互动的拍摄。该项目的信息最终可能会通过发展早期干预措施来改善儿童福利，从而减少少年怀孕，产后心理病理学和育儿困难的精神健康风险，这些青少年对后代产生长期，不利影响。