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  • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Digital Health Interventions
  • Parenting Support

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  • Postpartum depressive symptoms affect many mothers, impacting maternal-infant relationships.
  • Effective, accessible interventions are crucial for improving maternal mental well-being and parenting.
  • Social media platforms offer potential avenues for delivering parenting support programs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a social media-based parenting program for mothers experiencing postpartum depressive symptoms.
  • To compare the impact of a Facebook parenting program plus online depression treatment versus depression treatment alone.
  • To assess changes in depressive symptoms, parenting responsiveness, stress, and competence.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 75 mothers with mild-to-moderate postpartum depressive symptoms.
  • Participants were assigned to either the social media parenting program or a control group for 3 months.
  • Outcomes measured included the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment, Parenting Stress Index, and Parenting Sense of Competence.

Main Results:

  • The social media parenting group showed a more rapid decrease in depressive symptoms compared to the control group (adjusted EPDS difference: -2.9 at 1 month).
  • No significant differences were found between groups in responsive parenting, parenting stress, or parenting competence.
  • Higher engagement in the parenting program and seeking mental health treatment correlated with greater parenting responsiveness.

Conclusions:

  • Social media-based parenting programs can accelerate the reduction of postpartum depressive symptoms.
  • Current social media interventions may not sufficiently improve parenting outcomes like responsiveness, stress, or competence.
  • Future research should focus on enhancing engagement and ensuring access to mental health treatment within digital parenting support programs.