Mothers of Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Depressive Symptoms and Perceived Stress.

IF 1.9 3区 医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY
Psychopathology Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI:10.1159/000543715
Christian F J Woll-Weber, Corinna Reck, Anton K G Marx, Su Mevsim Küçükakyüz, Mitho Müller, Alexandra von Tettenborn, Nora Nonnenmacher, Anna-Lena Zietlow
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Abstract

Objective: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, psychosocial well-being of families and parents worldwide has been impaired. As part of a larger online survey, we analyzed maternal depressive symptoms and perceived stress.

Method: A total of 666 mothers from Germany with young children (mostly aged 0-3 years) filled out the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) at 2 time points during the pandemic (T1: summer/fall 2020; T2: early spring 2021). We (1) calculated prevalence rates of a risk for depression and high perceived stress levels, (2) analyzed differences between time points via paired t tests, and (3) examined the reciprocal relation between the two constructs via cross-lagged panel modeling.

Results: Considering cut-off values of the EPDS (≥10) and PSS (≥27), 33.8% carried a risk for depression and 15.2% high levels of stress at T1, whereas, respectively, 55.1% and 26.0% did so at T2. Depressive symptom severity and perceived stress levels significantly differed between measurement points with higher values at T2 (p < 0.001). Our cross-lagged panel analysis revealed large correlations (p < 0.001) within as well as small to medium (i.e., [0.21, 0.47]) auto-regressive (p < 0.001) and reciprocal (p < 0.001) predictions across time points between the severity of depressive symptoms and perceived stress.

Conclusions: This work demonstrates how severely mothers of infants were affected by depressive symptoms and perceived stress in a time of pandemic crisis. Psychosocial support should focus on screening and treating mothers as early as possible to mitigate the risk for subsequent depressive symptoms and perceived stress. Aiming attention at both depressive symptom reduction and stress relief most successfully promotes maternal well-being.

COVID-19大流行期间幼儿母亲:抑郁症状和感知压力
目的:由于新冠肺炎大流行,全球家庭和父母的心理社会健康受到损害。作为一项更大的在线调查的一部分,我们分析了母亲的抑郁症状和感知压力。方法:666名育有幼儿(多数为0-3岁)的德国母亲在大流行期间的两个时间点(T1: 2020年夏季/秋季;T2: 2021年早春)。我们(1)计算了抑郁风险和高感知压力水平的患病率,(2)通过配对t检验分析了时间点之间的差异,(3)通过交叉滞后面板模型检验了两个结构之间的倒数关系。结果:考虑到EPDS(≥10)和PSS(≥27)的临界值,在T1时33.8%的人有抑郁风险,15.2%的人有高水平应激风险,而在T2时分别为55.1%和26.0%。抑郁症状严重程度和感知应激水平在T2较高的测量点之间存在显著差异(p < 0.001)。我们的交叉滞后面板分析揭示了大的相关性(p < 0.001),以及中小(即,[。抑郁症状严重程度和感知压力之间的自回归(p < 0.001)和互反(p < 0.001)预测跨越时间点。结论:这项工作表明,在大流行危机时期,婴儿母亲受到抑郁症状和感知压力的严重影响。社会心理支持应侧重于尽早对母亲进行筛查和治疗,以减轻随后出现抑郁症状和感知压力的风险。将注意力集中在减轻抑郁症状和缓解压力上,最成功地促进了孕产妇的健康。
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Psychopathology
Psychopathology 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
5.10
自引率
5.60%
发文量
54
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: ''Psychopathology'' is a record of research centered on findings, concepts, and diagnostic categories of phenomenological, experimental and clinical psychopathology. Studies published are designed to improve and deepen the knowledge and understanding of the pathogenesis and nature of psychopathological symptoms and psychological dysfunctions. Furthermore, the validity of concepts applied in the neurosciences of mental functions are evaluated in order to closely bring together the mind and the brain. Major topics of the journal are trajectories between biological processes and psychological dysfunction that can help us better understand a subject’s inner experiences and interpersonal behavior. Descriptive psychopathology, experimental psychopathology and neuropsychology, developmental psychopathology, transcultural psychiatry as well as philosophy-based phenomenology contribute to this field.
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