社会支持对产后女性心理健康的调控作用
The Regulatory Role of Social Support in Postpartum Women’s Mental Health
摘要: 产后女性心理健康问题的高患病率及其对个体与家庭系统的多重损害,社会支持因其多维度、低成本的干预特性受到关注。然而,目前研究领域仍存在以下局限:对产后常见心理健康问题的探讨未能充分凸显产后阶段的独特性,社会支持维度划分与协同机制不清晰,动物模型与人类研究成果整合薄弱。本文通过梳理社会支持的作用模型,结合临床研究与动物实验证据,旨在厘清不同支持维度的作用边界,为制定社会支持导向的产后心理健康干预策略提供理论依据。
Abstract: The high prevalence of mental health issues among postpartum women, coupled with their complex and detrimental effects on individuals and family systems. Social support has gained increasing attention due to its multidimensional nature and low-cost characteristics as an intervention. However, current research in this field faces several limitations: First, discussions of common postpartum mental health issues often fail to sufficiently address the unique aspects of the postpartum period. Second, the various dimensions of social support and their synergistic mechanisms remain poorly understood. Lastly, the integration of findings from animal models and human studies is still limited. This paper aims to clarify the boundaries of different support dimensions by reviewing existing models of social support and synthesizing evidence from both clinical research and animal studies. In doing so, it provides a theoretical foundation for developing social support-based intervention strategies to support postpartum mental health.
文章引用:杨唯艺. 社会支持对产后女性心理健康的调控作用[J]. 社会科学前沿, 2025, 14(3): 193-201. https://doi.org/10.12677/ass.2025.143205

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