Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Infant Ment Health J. 2023 Jul;44(4):466-479. doi: 10.1002/imhj.22061. Epub 2023 May 23.
This longitudinal study compared infant temperament rated at 3 months postpartum by 263 United-States-based women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic and 72 who gave birth prior to the pandemic. All women completed questionnaires assessing perinatal mental health, social contact, and infant temperament. Mothers whose infants were born during the pandemic reported higher levels of infant negative affectivity as compared with mothers whose infants were born earlier (F(1, 324) = 18.28, p < .001), but did not differ in their ratings of surgency or effortful control. Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms, prenatal stress, and postpartum stress mediated differences in infant negative affectivity between pandemic and pre-pandemic groups. Within the pandemic group, decreased postpartum social contact was associated with higher ratings of infant negative affectivity. These findings suggest that the pandemic has affected maternal perceptions of infant temperament, perinatal mental health, and social contact.
这项纵向研究比较了在 COVID-19 大流行期间分娩的 263 名美国女性和在大流行前分娩的 72 名女性在产后 3 个月时评定的婴儿气质。所有女性都完成了评估围产期心理健康、社会接触和婴儿气质的问卷。与在大流行前分娩的婴儿母亲相比，在大流行期间分娩的婴儿母亲报告的婴儿负性情绪更高（F（1，324）= 18.28，p <.001），但在婴儿的易激惹性或努力控制方面没有差异。母亲产前抑郁症状、产前压力和产后压力在大流行组和大流行前组婴儿负性情绪的差异中起中介作用。在大流行组中，产后社会接触减少与婴儿负性情绪评分较高有关。这些发现表明，大流行影响了母亲对婴儿气质、围产期心理健康和社会接触的看法。
