Capacities for meta-cognition, social cognition, and alexithymia in postpartum depression

Diop, Shirin; Turmes, Luc; Specht, Christina; Seehagen, Sabine; Juckel, Georg; Mavrogiorgou, Paraskevi

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114430

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“…Factors that might be related to ToM in pregnant and early postpartum parents examined by studies included in this review will be discussed in this section. Regarding mental health, Diop et al 29 found no difference between early postpartum women with and without a clinical diagnosis of postpartum depression in ToM measured with the IRI, RMET performance, and Faux Pas Test outcomes. Rigby et al 30 administered a battery of ToM tasks (i.e., the Bowler Coat Story, RMET, and a Frith‐Happé Animations task) to postpartum women suffering from different severe, chronic mental illnesses (i.e., bipolar affective disorder, schizo‐affective disorder, schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety).…”

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“…In individuals suffering from depression, a recent meta‐analysis presented small to moderate impairments in ToM 49 . Diop et al 29 however, found no differences between women with and without postpartum depression on different measures of ToM. This might point to a difference between depression and postpartum depression in terms of the degree of ToM impairment.…”

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“…Factors that might be related to ToM in pregnant and early postpartum parents examined by studies included in this review will be discussed in this section. Regarding mental health, Diop et al 29 RMET performance, and Faux Pas Test outcomes. Rigby et al 30 administered a battery of ToM tasks (i.e., the Bowler Coat Story, RMET, and a…”

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Theory of mind during pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review

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Pregnancy is associated with prominent structural changes in brain areas involved in Theory of Mind (ToM), pointing to the possibility of modifications in ToM‐related behavior and brain responses in parents. We performed a systematic review screening for studies that examined ToM in pregnant and/or early postpartum parents. The evaluation of the included 12 studies allowed us to construct an overview of ToM changes during pregnancy and postpartum as well as other associated factors, such as oxytocin, mental health, and parental behavior. Four studies examined ToM changes by comparing pregnant/early postpartum parents with nulliparous parents or prepregnancy measures. They reported no differences between groups measured with a self‐report questionnaire but found group differences using an experimental approach. The results from the summarized studies further suggest a mediatory role of oxytocin between ToM and certain parental behavior. In addition, while no link between postpartum depression and ToM was observed, findings do point to an association between depressive and remote maternal behavior and anxious attachment style and ToM abilities in pregnant participants. Research findings regarding the interaction of ToM with both parity and maternal attachment to the fetus are ambivalent. Overall, research on this topic is scarce, limiting our ability to draw firm conclusions and stressing the need for further research on this topic. This review presents an overview of research findings on ToM and associated factors in pregnancy and the postpartum period and discusses directions for future research.

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“…Factors that might be related to ToM in pregnant and early postpartum parents examined by studies included in this review will be discussed in this section. Regarding mental health, Diop et al 29 RMET performance, and Faux Pas Test outcomes. Rigby et al 30 administered a battery of ToM tasks (i.e., the Bowler Coat Story, RMET, and a…”

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Theory of mind during pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review

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“…For example, scientific literature shows significant and positive correlations between a mother's alexithymia and depression during pregnancy and early postpartum (Le et al, 2007). Furthermore, alexithymia and PPD are positively associated with one another (Le Donne et al, 2012;Karukivi et al, 2014;Stojanov et al, 2021) and alexithymia is more common in mothers with PPD than mothers without PDD (Diop et al, 2022).…”

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Self-criticism and self-compassion as mediators of the relationship between alexithymia and postpartum depressive symptoms

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Postpartum depression (PPD) is common after birth and can have a profound effect on women and their families. It is therefore important to understand the conditions and factors that lead to the occurrence and maintenance of PPD. The first aim of the current study was to identify whether there is a relationship between alexithymia and postpartum depressive symptoms (PPDS) in a sample of Romanian mothers. The second aim was to explore whether self-criticism and self-compassion mediate the relationship between alexithymia and PPDS. The current cross-sectional study included 307 mothers with babies aged between four weeks and one year. The results show that alexithymia, self-compassion, self-criticism, PPDS all correlated with one another, and self-criticism, self-compassion and alexithymia are significant predictors of PPDS. Moreover, self-criticism and self-compassion mediated the relationship between alexithymia and PPDS. A psychological therapy that increases self-compassion and reduces alexithymia and self-criticism may be beneficial for preventing symptoms of PPD.

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“…B. in Form von Alexithymie weitaus wesentlicher sind. Weitere Studien in diesem Bereich erscheinen jedoch erforderlich, um allgemeingültige Aussagen treffen zu können 10 , 22 .…”

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ZUSAMMENFASSUNGMütter spielen im Leben eines jeden Menschen, aber auch im Kontext von psychiatrischen Erkrankungen eine besondere Rolle. Das betrifft sowohl jeweils die Entwicklungspsychologie und die Familiendynamik, aber auch Nähe- und Distanzregulation zum betroffenen Kind in der späteren Herausbildung von Erkrankungen wie Schizophrenie, Angst- und affektive Störungen, Sucht und Persönlichkeitsstörungen. Der „Kampf“ der Mutter für und mit ihrem Kind und der Einfluss ihrer eigenen Psychopathologie wird besonders im Infantizid und dem „Münchhausen-by-proxy“-Syndrom deutlich. In der christlichen Religion nimmt bekanntlich Jesus im Neuen Testament, in der viele Rollen von Frauen und Müttern angesprochen werden, eine eher kritische Position zu Verwandtschaftsverhältnissen ein, so auch zu seiner eigenen Mutter. Aber er zollt denjenigen Frauen, wie die Beispiele mit der „kanaanitische Frau“, die sich für ihre von „Dämonen besessene“ Tochter vehement einsetzt, hohen Respekt für ihr starkes Engagement für andere. So macht er deutlich, was die Rolle der Mütter für eine gute und psychisch stabile Entwicklung ihrer Kinder ausmachen könnte: Relativierung von gesellschaftlich determinierten Rollen und Funktionen, Wertschätzung für ein anderes Leben, bedingungslose Zuwendung und religiöse Orientierung.

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Capacities for meta-cognition, social cognition, and alexithymia in postpartum depression

Cited by 9 publications

References 55 publications

Theory of mind during pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review

Theory of mind during pregnancy and postpartum: A systematic review

Self-criticism and self-compassion as mediators of the relationship between alexithymia and postpartum depressive symptoms

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