ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2021
Postpartum during COVID-19 pandemic: Portuguese mothers' mental health, mindful parenting, and mother-infant bonding.
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- Prevalence of postpartum depression in the COVID-19 pandemic and associated factors: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Parental Postnatal Depression in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Its Effects on the Parent-Child Relationship and the Child's Developmental Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological health status in postpartum women during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Covid-19 on Women's Mental Health and Wellbeing During Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of primary care & community healthPooled it
- Mindful mamas: Black and Latina mothers' mindful parenting predicts toddlers' later social-emotional and cognitive functioning.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and contributing factors of postpartum depression risk during the pandemic among women living in Baixo Alentejo at Portugal.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The interplay between prenatal psychological flexibility and couple secure base in promoting postpartum parenting.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated factors: a risk to sustainable development.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Role of self-criticism in postpartum mental health: a network analysis.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2024Article
- From inner to dyadic connection: the role of mindfulness in mother-infant interaction during the first year of life.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Article
- Infantile atopic dermatitis and maternal-infant bonding: a mixed methods study.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2023Article
- "This is not what I imagined motherhood would look like": pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting during COVID-19 - a qualitative analysis of the first year since birth.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health, early childhood development, and parental practices: a global scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Mother-infant bonding and postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic - a risk for nurturing care and child development.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2023Article
- Giving Birth in Unpredictable Conditions: Association between Parents' COVID-19 Related Concerns, Family Functioning, Dyadic Coping, Perceived Social Support and Depressive Symptoms.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Development and psychometric properties of the Pandemic-Related Postpartum Stress Scale (PREPS-PP).Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology · 2022Article
- COVID-19 related worry moderates the association between postpartum depression and mother-infant bonding.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Effect of the Covid 19 pandemic on depression and mother-infant bonding in uninfected postpartum women in a rural region.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Self-compassion and mindful parenting among postpartum mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of depressive and anxious symptoms.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMillions 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.
objectivesTo 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.
methodsThe sample was recruited online and comprises 567 mothers (18-46 years) with an infant aged between 0 and 12 months old.
resultsApproximately 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.
conclusionOur findings provide important insights into the impact of COVID-19 on maternal mental health and parenting.
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