scholarly journals Maternal mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown in China, Italy, and the Netherlands: a cross-validation study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jing Guo ◽  
Pietro De Carli ◽  
Paul Lodder ◽  
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ◽  
Madelon M. E. Riem
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High Education ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Cross Validation ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Poor Physical Health ◽  
Chinese Mothers

Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had brought negative consequences and new stressors to mothers. The current study aims to compare factors predicting maternal mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown in China, Italy, and the Netherlands. Methods The sample consisted of 900 Dutch, 641 Italian, and 922 Chinese mothers (age M = 36.74, s.d. = 5.58) who completed an online questionnaire during the lockdown. Ten-fold cross-validation models were applied to explore the predictive performance of related factors for maternal mental health, and also to test similarities and differences between the countries. Results COVID-19-related stress and family conflict are risk factors and resilience is a protective factor in association with maternal mental health in each country. Despite these shared factors, unique best models were identified for each of the three countries. In Italy, maternal age and poor physical health were related to more mental health symptoms, while in the Netherlands maternal high education and unemployment were associated with mental health symptoms. In China, having more than one child, being married, and grandparental support for mothers were important protective factors lowering the risk for mental health symptoms. Moreover, high SES (mother's high education, high family income) and poor physical health were found to relate to high levels of mental health symptoms among Chinese mothers. Conclusions These findings are important for the identification of at-risk mothers and the development of mental health promotion programs during COVID-19 and future pandemics.

scholarly journals Obesity and the association with maternal mental health symptoms

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (16) ◽  
pp. 1897-1901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly E. Ruhstaller ◽  
Michal A. Elovitz ◽  
Marilyn Stringer ◽  
C. Neill Epperson ◽  
Celeste P. Durnwald
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms

Psychosocial employment characteristics and postpartum maternal mental health symptoms

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Schwab-Reese ◽  
Marizen Ramirez ◽  
Sato Ashida ◽  
Corinne Peek-Asa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Employment Characteristics

The role of communication and coping in emerging adults’ serial arguments with parents

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine M. Gaze ◽  
Rachel M. Reznik ◽  
Courtney Waite Miller ◽  
Michael E. Roloff
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Single Episode ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Over Time

When individuals cannot resolve a disagreement in a single episode, the argument is likely to reoccur over time resulting in a serial argument. Prior research on serial arguing has shown that engaging in hostile communication during episodes and taking a resigned stance after episodes is detrimental to one’s physical health. This study investigates the mechanisms by which hostile communication and taking a resigned stance lead to negative outcomes in a sample of emerging adults. Mutual hostility is related to physical and mental health symptoms and this relationship is mediated by the degree to which the participants feel hyperaroused. Taking a resigned stance toward a serial argument with one’s parent is related to health symptoms and this relationship is mediated by the participants’ rumination after argumentative episodes.

Association of Comorbid Mental Health Symptoms and Physical Health Conditions With Employee Productivity

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 1137-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin M. Parker ◽  
Mark G. Wilson ◽  
Robert J. Vandenberg ◽  
David M. DeJoy ◽  
Pamela Orpinas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Employee Productivity ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms

scholarly journals Maternal Prenatal Somatization, Postnatal Depression, and Offspring Temperament During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Louise Buthmann ◽  
Ian Gotlib
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Maternal Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms

Background. Researchers have begun to examine the psychological toll of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. Data are now emerging indicating that there may be long-term adverse effects of the pandemic on new mothers and on children born during this period. Methods. In a longitudinal study of maternal mental health and child emotional development during the pandemic, we conducted online assessments of a cohort of women at two time points: when they were pregnant at the beginning of the surge of the pandemic in the United States (N=725), and approximately one year postpartum (N=296), examining prenatal and postnatal maternal mental health symptoms and infant temperament. Results. Prenatal maternal symptoms of somatization, the number of people in the household with COVID-19 symptoms, and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms all were positively associated with infant negative affect. Further, postnatal maternal depressive symptoms mediated the relation between prenatal maternal symptoms of somatization and infant negative affect. Conclusions. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the persistence of mental health symptoms in potentially vulnerable groups and of the emotional development of children who were in utero during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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