According to the research of Hsu Te-yao and Chou Wen-chun, who respectively head the obstetrics-gynecology and psychology departments at Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital in Kaohsiung, foreign spouses show a tendency toward depression during pregnancy (32.5 %) and 11.3 % have contemplated suicide.
根據高雄長庚醫院婦產部產科主任許德耀及心智科主任周文君的研究，外籍媳婦在懷孕期間有明顯的憂鬱傾向（百分之三十二・五），其中有百分之十一・三想自殺。