親子瑜伽對母親憂鬱及壓力狀況影響之探討

The Effects of Parent - Child Yoga on Maternal Depression and Stress

林至惠(CHIH-HUI LIN)

指導教授 ： 嚴金恩

朝陽科技大學/人文暨社會學院/幼兒保育系/碩士(2017年)

摘要

研究背景：根據世界衛生組織的統計，全球約有1億2千萬人有憂鬱的狀況，預估約有3%人口罹患憂鬱症；而目前臺灣憂鬱症人口保守估計已逾百萬，其中女性罹患憂鬱的比例高於男性，且大部分孕婦在生產後都會有輕微的產後憂鬱現象。研究顯示瑜伽可以調節交感神經系統－下丘腦－垂體－腎上腺系統，並減少憂鬱症狀和焦慮症狀，對於釋放情緒壓力與改善憂鬱有顯著的效果。本研究旨在探討親子瑜伽對於母親的憂鬱及壓力狀況之影響。
研究方法：本研究共募集20位年齡3至20個月嬰兒之母親為研究對象，將受測者分成實驗組與對照組，每組各10人，實驗組為接受五週每週一小時親子瑜伽課程，對照組則未接受親子瑜伽課程。使用貝克憂鬱量表第二版（BDI-II）及知覺壓力量表（PSS）問卷評估受測者在親子瑜伽課程前後之憂鬱與壓力狀況，了解親子瑜伽課程對於母親憂鬱及壓力狀況之影響。
研究結果：實驗組在上完五週的親子瑜伽課程後的憂鬱及壓力分數皆有顯著下降，對照組則無顯著變化。
結論：親子瑜伽對於母親的憂鬱及壓力狀況改善有顯著的效果。

關鍵字

憂鬱 ； 親子瑜伽 ； 壓力

並列摘要

Background: According to the statistics of World Health Organization, 120 million persons worldwide (approximately 3% of the world’s population) experience depression. To date, depression has been diagnosed in more than one million patients in Taiwan. Depression is more common in women than men, and most women have been estimated to experience postpartum depression. This study proposed that practicing yoga can soothe the sympathetic nervous system-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal gland axis, thereby reducing depression and anxiety. Parent–child yoga can significantly and positively improve emotional depression. This study investigated the effects of parent-child yoga on depression and stress.
Methods: A total of 20 participants were enrolled, consisting of 10 mothers, each of whom had a 3-20-month-old child. The experiment group participants attended parent-child yoga classes for 60 minutes once a week for 5 weeks. The control group consisted of 10 mothers who did not attend these classes. We used the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) to analyze the effects of yoga on depression and stress by comparing the mothers in the two groups.
Results: The women who participated in the yoga classes exhibited significant reductions based on the BDI-II and PSS results, whereas no significant differences were observed in the control group.
Conclusions: Parent-child yoga has significant and positive effects on depression and stress in mothers.

並列關鍵字

Depression ； Parent-child yoga ； Stress

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