Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima 15088, Peru.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jun 28;21(7):844. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21070844.
Increased maternal mental health during the perinatal period has been widely associated with a variety of positive outcomes for both mothers and infants. However, no studies in Peru have yet focused on studying maternal mental health and related psychological variables during this stage. Thus, the aim of this study was to test a model to associate a mother's parental stress with infant socioemotional difficulties and maternal mental health. The sample included 988 mothers of infants aged 6 to 18 months from Peru, all from socioeconomically vulnerable settings. The findings showed that infant socioemotional difficulties were associated with poorer maternal mental health through the mother's parental stress ((7) = 28.89, < 0.001, CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.06, SRMR = 0.03). These results provide a better understanding of the key elements associated with maternal mental health during the perinatal period in Peru and offer valuable insights for developing interventions and support strategies for socioeconomically vulnerable mothers and their young children.
围产期内增加产妇心理健康与母婴双方的多种积极结果广泛相关。然而，秘鲁尚无研究关注该阶段产妇心理健康和相关心理变量。因此，本研究旨在检验一个模型，以关联母亲的育儿压力与婴儿的社会情绪困难和产妇心理健康。该样本包括来自秘鲁的 988 名 6 至 18 个月大婴儿的母亲，均来自社会经济弱势环境。研究结果表明，婴儿的社会情绪困难通过母亲的育儿压力与较差的产妇心理健康相关( (7) = 28.89, < 0.001, CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.06, SRMR = 0.03)。这些结果更好地理解了秘鲁围产期产妇心理健康相关的关键因素，并为制定针对社会经济弱势母亲及其幼儿的干预措施和支持策略提供了有价值的见解。
