ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2022
Socioemotional development in infants of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of prenatal and postnatal maternal distress.
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- Prenatal exposure to SARS-CoV-2, early relational health, and child socio-emotional functioning in the first 6 months.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
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- Coping styles, strategies and psychological distress amongst perinatal individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
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- Neonatal outcomes of maternal prenatal coronavirus infection.Pediatric research · 2024Review
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- Prenatal exposure to environmental air pollution and psychosocial stress jointly contribute to the epigenetic regulation of the serotonin transporter gene in newborns.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Article
- Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic.Infant mental health journal · 2023Article
- STEP-COVID: a pilot study of a prenatal intervention for pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Influence of Pandemic-Related Worries During Pregnancy on Child Development at 12 Months.Research square · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn 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.
methodsPregnant women (N = 468, M
resultsHigher 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.
conclusionOur 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.
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