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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2023

Prenatal Mental Representations in Italian First-Time Mothers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study with Interviews on Maternal Representations During Pregnancy.

Martina Smorti, Giulia Mauri, Alessia Carducci, Angelica Andreol, Lucia Bonassi

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Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Martina SmortiDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, 56126, Pisa, Italy. martina.smorti@unipi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5867-9859
Giulia MauriDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
Alessia CarducciDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
Angelica AndreolDepartment of Mental Health, ASST Bergamo-Est, Seriate, Italy.
Lucia BonassiDepartment of Mental Health, ASST Bergamo-Est, Seriate, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5353-4899
University of Pisa · ITUniversity of Bergamo · IT

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Abstract

introductionPsychosocial risks increase the levels of not-integrated/ambivalent and restricted/disengaged representations during pregnancy, but no study has specifically analysed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal representation styles.

objectives(1) to compare maternal representation styles in primiparous women who became pregnant before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and (2) to analyse the content of representation styles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsA total of 37 Italian pregnant women were recruited from 2019 to 2021. The sample was divided into two groups: the pre-COVID-19 group (22 women, mean age = 33.14 years; SD = 3.78) and the COVID-19 group (15 women, mean age = 35.9 years; SD = 4.6). Interviews on maternal representations during pregnancy were administered and analysed for style and content.

resultsWomen during the COVID-19 pandemic reported more restricted/disengaged and less integrated/balanced representation styles than women pre-COVID-19. Content analysis showed that the COVID-19 pandemic led women to focus more on concrete aspects of pregnancy in lieu of emotional aspects, thus leading them to develop more restricted/disengaged representation styles. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: In future pandemics pregnant women should be supported in focusing their attention to emotions, sensations and fantasies about themselves as mothers and their children.

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COVID-19AdultChildEmotionsFemaleHumansMothersPandemicsPregnancyPregnant PeopleContent analysisCOVID-19Interview on maternal representations during pregnancyMaternal representation stylePrimiparous women

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