Postpartum during COVID-19 pandemic: Portuguese mothers' mental health, mindful parenting, and mother-infant bonding.
J Clin Psychol
; 77(9): 1997-2010, 2021 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1168880
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Millions of people worldwide have been diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has impacted maternal mental health and mother-infant relationships during the postpartum period.OBJECTIVES:
To explore how mothers' anxious and depressive symptoms, parenting stress, mindful parenting, and mother-infant bonding vary as a function of the moment of the baby's birth (pre-COVID-19 or post-COVID-19) and to examine the contribution of those variables to mother-infant bonding.METHODS:
The sample was recruited online and comprises 567 mothers (18-46 years) with an infant aged between 0 and 12 months old.RESULTS:
Approximately 27.5% of the mothers presented clinically significant levels of anxious and depressive symptoms. Mothers who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic presented lower levels of Emotional Awareness of the Child and a more impaired mother-infant bonding than mothers who gave birth before the pandemic started. Approximately 49% of the mother-infant bonding variance was explained by parenting stress and by several dimensions of mindful parenting.CONCLUSION:
Our findings provide important insights into the impact of COVID-19 on maternal mental health and parenting.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mental Health
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Parenting
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Postpartum Period
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Pandemics
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Mindfulness
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COVID-19
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Mother-Child Relations
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Mothers
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Clin Psychol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jclp.23130
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