This study examines the impact of social media-based drama therapy and family counselling in reducing symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) in women aged 18–34. The researchers used a quasi-experimental design and randomly assigned the participants (n = 303) to the control, drama therapy, and family counselling groups. The key findings of the study are as follows. First, at baseline, women not only showed more symptoms of PPD than their male counterparts, but men also reached the PPD threshold of 12/13. Second, the difference between women and men regarding their PPD scores achieved statistical significance (p = 0.004). However, during the post-intervention assessment, men who received drama therapy intervention reported a significant drop in their PPD below the threshold of 12/13. Only women whose spouses received family counselling on spousal support reported a significant drop in their PPD. However, those whose partners did not receive family counselling on spousal support still reported PPD scores within the threshold. In both instances, women in the control group still had high PPD scores. Finally, during the 6-month follow-up assessment, even men in the control group did not have significant symptoms of PPD as their scores dropped below the threshold. On the contrary, women in the control group still had high PPD, indicating that PPD lasted more in women than in men. Also, women whose husbands received family counselling on spousal support reported PPD scores below the threshold. However, women whose husbands did not receive spousal counselling still had PPD scores at the threshold, even though their scores marginally dropped.

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使用基于社交媒体的戏剧疗法和家庭咨询来治疗女性产后抑郁症症状

本研究探讨了基于社交媒体的戏剧疗法和家庭咨询对减少 18-34 岁女性产后抑郁症 (PPD) 症状的影响。研究人员采用准实验设计，将参与者（n  = 303）随机分配到对照组、戏剧治疗组和家庭咨询组。该研究的主要结果如下。首先，在基线时，女性不仅比男性表现出更多的 PPD 症状，而且男性也达到了 12/13 的 PPD 阈值。其次，女性和男性的 PPD 评分差异具有统计学意义（p = 0.004）。然而，在干预后评估期间，接受戏剧治疗干预的男性报告称，他们的 PPD 显着下降到 12/13 的阈值以下。只有配偶接受配偶赡养费家庭咨询的女性才报告其 PPD 显着下降。然而，那些其伴侣没有接受有关配偶赡养费的家庭咨询的人仍然报告 PPD 分数在阈值内。在这两种情况下，对照组女性的 PPD 分数仍然很高。最后，在为期 6 个月的跟踪评估中，即使是对照组的男性也没有出现明显的 PPD 症状，因为他们的分数降至阈值以下。相反，对照组女性的 PPD 仍然较高，这表明女性的 PPD 持续时间比男性更长。还，丈夫接受配偶赡养费家庭咨询的妇女报告 PPD 分数低于阈值。然而，丈夫没有接受配偶咨询的女性的 PPD 分数仍然处于阈值，尽管她们的分数略有下降。