Pandemic beyond the virus: maternal COVID-related postnatal stress is associated with infant temperament.

Autor: Bianco C; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Sania A; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Kyle MH; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Beebe B; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA., Barbosa J; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Bence M; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Coskun L; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Fields A; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Firestein MR; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Goldman S; Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Hane A; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA., Hott V; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Hussain M; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Hyman S; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Lucchini M; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Marsh R; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Mollicone I; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Myers M; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Ofray D; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Pini N; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Rodriguez C; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Shuffrey LC; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Tottenham N; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA., Welch MG; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Fifer W; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Monk C; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Dumitriu D; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. dani.dumitriu@columbia.edu.; Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. dani.dumitriu@columbia.edu., Amso D; Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatric research [Pediatr Res] 2023 Jan; Vol. 93 (1), pp. 253-259. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 20.
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-02071-2
Abstrakt: Background: Studies have shown that infant temperament varies with maternal psychosocial factors, in utero illness, and environmental stressors. We predicted that the pandemic would shape infant temperament through maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and/or maternal postnatal stress. To test this, we examined associations among infant temperament, maternal prenatal SARS-CoV-2 infection, maternal postnatal stress, and postnatal COVID-related life disruptions.
Methods: We tested 63 mother-infant dyads with prenatal maternal SARS-CoV-2 infections and a comparable group of 110 dyads without infections. To assess postnatal maternal stress, mothers completed the Perceived Stress Scale 4 months postpartum and an evaluation of COVID-related stress and life disruptions 6 months postpartum. Mothers reported on infant temperament when infants were 6-months-old using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) Very Short Form.
Results: Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy was not associated with infant temperament or maternal postnatal stress. Mothers with higher self-reported postnatal stress rated their infants lower on the Positive Affectivity/Surgency and Orienting/Regulation IBQ-R subscales. Mothers who reported greater COVID-related life disruptions rated their infants higher on the Negative Emotionality IBQ-R subscale.
Conclusions: Despite no effect of prenatal maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, stress and life disruptions incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with infant temperament at 6-months.
Impact: SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is not associated with postnatal ratings of COVID-related life disruptions, maternal stress, or infant temperament. Postnatal ratings of maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with normative variation in maternal report of infant temperament at 6 months of age. Higher postnatal ratings of maternal stress are associated with lower scores on infant Positive Affectivity/Surgency and Orienting/Regulation at 6 months of age. Higher postnatal ratings of COVID-related life disruptions are associated with higher scores on infant Negative Emotionality at 6 months of age.
(© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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