Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms, and Positive and Negative Couple Interactions Among Postpartum Mothers and Fathers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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作者
Pinto, Tiago Miguel [1 ]
Figueiredo, Barbara [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minho, Sch Psychol, Campus Gualtar, P-4710057 Braga, Portugal
关键词
COVID-19; pandemic; anxiety symptoms; depressive symptoms; couple relationship; postpartum period; PATERNAL DEPRESSION; CHILD-DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL-PERIOD; TRANSITION; PARENTHOOD; WOMEN;
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10.1037/fsh0000765
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Introduction: The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and couples' relationships may be particularly higher in vulnerable groups, including mothers and fathers during the transition to parenthood. This study compared mental health symptoms and couples' relationship quality among parents who were at 6 months postpartum before or during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: A sample of 109 primiparous mothers and fathers recruited before the COVID-19 pandemic were assessed at 6 months postpartum, before (n = 69) or during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 40). Participants completed self-reported measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms, and couples' positive and negative interactions. Results: Mothers and fathers assessed at 6 months postpartum during the COVID-19 pandemic reported more depressive symptoms and more couples' negative interactions than mothers and fathers assessed at 6 months postpartum before the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion: Findings suggested the COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively impacted the adjustment of postpartum parents, but causality cannot be determined from these cross-sectional analyses. The COVID-19 pandemic may be an adverse condition for parents' postnatal mental health and couples' relationships. Findings contribute to the literature on the transition to parenthood by providing evidence on the burden that the COVID-19 pandemic can add to the already stressful experiences associated with the postpartum period. Public Significance Statement This study provides evidence that support the need to (a) screen mothers and fathers with perinatal mental health problems and negative couple's relationship and (b) design new strategies to reduce parents' perinatal mental health problems and negative couples' during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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