Prenatal depression is a significant health issue associated with increased risk for poor mental and physical health outcomes among for both parents and their children. Having a history of childhood maltreatment is associated with increased risk for prenatal depression. Although research suggests that romantic relationship functioning likely plays a role in the links between childhood maltreatment and prenatal depression, it remains to be tested which aspects of relationship functioning modulate these associations. Using an actor-partner interdependence model framework (Kenny et al., 2006), the present study examined how specific aspects of romantic relationship functioning-relationship commitment, perceived partner support, constructive communication, and destructive conflict-moderated the links between mothers' and fathers' childhood maltreatment and depression during pregnancy. Participants included a subset of 1,135 low-income heterosexual couples (2,270 individuals) who enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a relationship education program during pregnancy. Baseline, pretreatment data were used. Results indicated significant actor and partner effects of childhood maltreatment on prenatal depression. Further, these effects were moderated by specific indices of relationship functioning, such that the effect of one's own maltreatment on their prenatal depression was mitigated by high emotional support from partner and high constructive communication and was exacerbated by destructive conflict. Findings demonstrate that high relationship functioning can act as a protective factor, and low relationship functioning as a risk factor, in the link between one's own childhood maltreatment and their prenatal depression among both mothers and fathers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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关系功能调节了童年虐待史与怀孕期间抑郁症之间的联系。

产前抑郁症是一个重大的健康问题，与父母及其子女心理和身体健康状况不佳的风险增加有关。有童年虐待史与产前抑郁症风险增加相关。尽管研究表明，浪漫关系的运作可能在童年虐待和产前抑郁症之间的联系中发挥着一定作用，但关系运作的哪些方面调节这些关联仍有待测试。本研究使用演员-伴侣相互依赖模型框架（Kenny et al., 2006），研究了浪漫关系功能的具体方面——关系承诺、感知到的伴侣支持、建设性沟通和破坏性冲突——如何调节母亲和母亲之间的联系。父亲的童年虐待和怀孕期间的抑郁症。参与者包括 1,135 对低收入异性恋夫妇（2,270 人），他们参加了怀孕期间关系教育计划的随机对照试验。使用基线、预处理数据。结果表明，儿童时期虐待的行为者和伴侣对产前抑郁症有显着影响。此外，这些影响受到特定的关系功能指标的调节，因此，自己的虐待对其产前抑郁症的影响可以通过伴侣的高度情感支持和高度建设性的沟通而减轻，并通过破坏性冲突而加剧。研究结果表明，在母亲和父亲的童年虐待与产前抑郁症之间的联系中，高关系功能可以充当保护因素，低关系功能可以充当危险因素。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。