Interactive effects of prenatal adversity and COVID-19 hardship on youth psychological distress: a longitudinal study.

Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry Pub Date : 2025-07-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/frcha.2025.1581135

Yifan Wang, Xinni Wang, Chloé Voyer, Alain Brunet, François Freddy Ateba, Ashley Wazana, David P Laplante

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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in severe loss of life and increased anxiety as well as fear worldwide. This study explored whether pre-pandemic exposure to varying levels of perinatal maternal adversity coupled with pandemic-related experiences are related to youth distress levels.

Methods: Data from 119 youth (aged 9-17) and their mothers were analyzed to assess the interactive effects of perinatal maternal adversity and pandemic-related objective hardship on youth psychological distress.

Results: Youth-reported hardship models consistently explained more variance in their psychological distress. Youth-reported hardship, specifically daily life changes, predicted psychological distress, including PTSD symptoms and peritraumatic experiences during the pandemic.

Discussion: Youths exposed to high perinatal maternal socio-environmental adversity demonstrated resilience when faced with pandemic disruptions, suggesting that alignment between early adversity and later stress can mitigate distress during crises.

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产前逆境与COVID-19困难对青少年心理困扰的交互影响：一项纵向研究

导言：2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行在全世界造成了严重的生命损失，加剧了焦虑和恐惧。这项研究探讨了大流行前暴露于不同程度的围产期逆境以及与大流行相关的经历是否与青年的痛苦程度有关。方法：对119名9-17岁青少年及其母亲的数据进行分析，评估围产期母亲逆境与大流行相关客观困难对青少年心理困扰的交互作用。结果：年轻人报告的困难模型一致地解释了他们心理困扰的更多差异。青年报告的困难，特别是日常生活的变化，预示着心理困扰，包括创伤后应激障碍症状和大流行期间的创伤周围经历。讨论：面临围产期产妇社会环境高度逆境的青年在面对大流行破坏时表现出适应力，这表明早期逆境和后期压力之间的一致性可以减轻危机期间的痛苦。

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