Depressão pós-parto materna : interação mãe-bebê e processamento de faces

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Azambuja, Carolina Viecili
• Orientador(a): Arteche, Adriane Xavier
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia
• Departamento: Escola de Humanidades
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: DEPRESSÃO PÓS-PARTO; MÃES E FILHOS; DESENVOLVIMENTO INFANTIL; PSICOLOGIA
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/7167

Depression is a very common medical condition with high prevalence among the population. Among the specifiers of the disorder, one of the most prevalent conditions during pregnancy or puerperium is maternal postpartum depression (PPD). Gestation and the postpartum period are considered risky moments for the development or increase of psychiatric disorders in women, and in particular, PPD. The present dissertation is comprised of two empirical studies; The first addresses the impact of maternal postpartum depression on mother-baby interaction considering the dimensions of the mother, baby, and the duo. The study counted on the participation of 27 pairs, of these, nine with symptoms of depression and 18 without the presence of the disorder, recruited in five different cities of Rio Grande do Sul. The women answered the questionnaire of general questions, which was developed especially for this research, EPDS (cutoff ≥11 points), BDI, BAI, SCID, WASI, filming and GRS. Descriptive analyzes, correlation analyzes, MANOVAs and MANCOVAs with covariations were performed. Among the main results obtained, it was found that the prevalence of PPD was 33%, which is higher than the literature indicates. Schooling is significantly and positively related to better maternal indexes of interaction. Overall, mothers had moderate rates of interaction, while infants had low and intermediate rates and low rates for double, regardless of the presence of PPD. On the other hand, in all dimensions of the interaction scale, the indices of women with PPD were lower than the results of women without PPD, demonstrating implications in the interaction. In study two, the same one approaches the processing of facial expressions of adults and of babies. The study had the participation of 22 women, 19 of whom answered the task of adult faces and 22 a of babies, of these 08 depressed and 14 controls. Participants were recruited at the same sites of study 1 and same instruments applied - for this study filming was not analyzed as well as the interaction scale, but the task of face recognition was included. For the analysis of the data, the SPSS program was used and ANOVAs, MANCOVAs, correlations and descriptive analyzes were performed. Among the main results, women with PPD presented lower accuracy for the facial expressions of infants and adults and classified the faces with less intensity as the exposure time increased, when compared to the control group. The findings of the study point to the deficits in relation to the recognition of facial expressions in women with PPD, which may lead to a decrease in the quality of the mother-baby relationship, since adequate responses to the baby's demands are hampered by the distortions in the recognition of the emotion expressed by the child. Unsuccessful interactions can lead to problems in the baby's development. The findings of both studies point to the need for more research in the area which seeks to contribute to prevention and intervention / treatment of mediators and moderators of the quality of the mother-infant relationship in cases of PPD.