Department of Neonatology, Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Center for Neurodevelopment, Growth, and Nutrition of the Newborn, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Infancy. 2023 Jan;28(1):9-33. doi: 10.1111/infa.12497. Epub 2022 Sep 2.
In the transition to parenthood, the COVID-19 pandemic poses an additional strain on parental well-being. Confirmed infections or having to quarantine, as well as public health measures negatively affect parents and infants. Contrary to previous studies mainly focusing on the well-being of school-aged children and their parents during lockdown periods, the present study investigated how mothers of infants respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and whether this is related to maternal well-being, maternal socio-emotional investment, and infant regulation. Between April and June 2021, 206 mothers of infants (M = 7.14 months, SD = 3.75 months) reported on COVID-19 infections, their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, their well-being, socio-emotional investment, and their infant's regulation. Exploratory factor analyses yielded five dimensions of maternal response to the COVID-19 pandemic: social distancing, worrying about the child, birth anxiety, distancing from the child, and information on COVID-19-related parenting behavior and support. These dimensions were related to mother-reported infant regulatory problems. Path analyses revealed paths via reduced maternal well-being and maternal socio-emotional investment. Maternal perceptions of infant regulatory problems are related to how the mothers respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Better information about COVID-19-related parenting behavior and support might buffer against these effects.
在为人父母的转变过程中，COVID-19 大流行给父母的幸福感带来了额外的压力。确诊感染或必须隔离，以及公共卫生措施对父母和婴儿都有负面影响。与之前主要关注封锁期间学龄儿童及其父母幸福感的研究不同，本研究调查了婴儿的母亲如何应对 COVID-19 大流行，以及这是否与母亲的幸福感、母亲的社会情感投入和婴儿的调节能力有关。在 2021 年 4 月至 6 月期间，206 名婴儿的母亲（M = 7.14 个月，SD = 3.75 个月）报告了 COVID-19 感染、她们对 COVID-19 大流行的反应、她们的幸福感、社会情感投入和她们婴儿的调节能力。探索性因素分析得出了母亲对 COVID-19 大流行反应的五个维度：社交距离、担心孩子、出生焦虑、与孩子保持距离以及与 COVID-19 相关的育儿行为和支持的信息。这些维度与母亲报告的婴儿调节问题有关。路径分析显示了通过降低母亲幸福感和母亲社会情感投入的路径。母亲对婴儿调节问题的看法与母亲对 COVID-19 的反应方式有关。更好地了解与 COVID-19 相关的育儿行为和支持可能会缓冲这些影响。
