Behavioral brain systems activation with postpartum blue: According revised reinforcement sensivity theory

authors:

avatar Bahman Alimoradi 1 , avatar Hamid Nejat 2 , *

Department of Psychology, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran
Department of Psychology, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran
Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences: Vol.6, issue 1; 27-31
published online: April 01, 2019
article type: Research Article
received: December 07, 2018
accepted: December 31, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/jnms.jnms_58_18

how to cite: Alimoradi B, Nejat H. Behavioral brain systems activation with postpartum blue: According revised reinforcement sensivity theory. J Nurs Midwifery Sci. 2019;6(1):e141152. https://doi.org/10.4103/jnms.jnms_58_18.

Abstract

Context: Mood disorders such as postpartum blue are very prevalent in the postnatal period, while the underlying mechanism of postpartum blue is not well known.
Aim: This research aimed to investigates the role of brain-behavioral systems activation in postpartum blue according to revised reinforcement sensitivity theory in mothers referring to Mashhad health-care centers.
Settings and Design: This correlational study has been conducted during February–March 2018, on 172 cases who diagnosed with postpartum blue were chosen through the purposive sampling method.
Materials and Methods: Participants completed demographic questionnaire, Jackson five-factor questionnaire, and the Edinburgh depression scale.
Statistical Analysis Used: The normality of data distribution examined using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. After, data were analyzed using descriptive methods (mean and standard deviation), Pearson confiscation, and stepwise regression method.
Results: The results showed that brain-behavioral systems, including behavioral inhibition system (BIS) (P < 0.001; R = 0.31) and behavioral activation system (BAS), had a significant correlation with postpartum blue (P < 0.05; R = 0.39), while there was no significant relationship between fight-flight systems with postpartum blue. BAS (R2 = 0.15, P < 0.05) and BIS (|R2 = 0.08, P < 0.001), the predictive potential of BIS and BAS was equal to 21% of variance of postpartum blue.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that behavioral-brain systems play a role in mothers’ “postpartum psychological disorders such as postpartum blue and in the conception of mothers” distress after maternal delivery, the effects of these systems can be used in short-term interventions.

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