Socioemotional development in infants of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic : The role of prenatal and postnatal maternal distress

Duguay, G., Garon-Bissonnette, J., Lemieux, R., Dubois-Comtois, K., Mayrand, K. et Berthelot, N. (2022). Socioemotional development in infants of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic : The role of prenatal and postnatal maternal distress. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 16 (1). p. 28. ISSN 1753-2000 DOI 10.1186/s13034-022-00458-x

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Background
An upsurge in psychological distress was documented in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated with a longitudinal design whether prenatal and postnatal maternal distress during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower infant socioemotional development.
Methods
Pregnant women (N = 468, Mage = 30,00, 97.6% White) were recruited during the first COVID-19 mandatory lockdown in Quebec, Canada, from April 2nd to April 13th 2020 and were re-contacted at two months postpartum to complete self-reported measures of general (i.e. not specifically related to the COVID-19 pandemic) anxio-depressive symptoms and infant development. Structural equation modeling analyses were performed using maximum likelihood parameter estimation.
Results
Higher maternal prenatal distress significantly contributed to poorer infant socioemotional development. A mediation model showed that postnatal distress significantly mediated the association between prenatal distress and infant socioemotional development, whereas the direct effect of prenatal distress was no longer significant. Prenatal and postnatal maternal distress accounted for 13.7% of the variance in infant socioemotional development.
Conclusion
Our results call for special means of clinical surveillance in mothers and for innovative (online) interventions aiming to support maternal mental health during pregnancy and after delivery.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	COVID-19 Perinatal distress Infant socioemotional development
Date de dépôt:	01 août 2022 13:03
Dernière modification:	01 août 2022 13:03
Version du document déposé:	Version officielle de l'éditeur
URI:	https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/10226

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