scholarly journals Maternal Childhood Trauma and Perinatal Distress Predict Infants’ Attention From 6 to 18 Months

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsing-Fen Tu ◽  
Alkistis Skalkidou ◽  
Marcus Lindskog ◽  
Gustaf Gredebäck
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Maternal Distress ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Longitudinal Relationships

Abstract Maternal distress is repeatedly reported to have negative impacts on the cognitive development in children. Studies examining the association between maternal distress and the development of attention in infancy are few. This study investigated the longitudinal relationships between maternal distress (depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and exposure to childhood trauma) and the development of attention in infancy in 118 mother-infant dyads. We found that maternal exposure to non-interpersonal traumatic events in childhood and a large degree of anxiety during the 2nd trimester was associated with less attention of the infants to audio-visual stimuli at 6, 10, and 18 months. In addition, exposure to interpersonal traumatic events in childhood was identified as a moderator of the negative effect of maternal anxiety during the 2nd trimester on the development of attention in infants. We discuss the possible mechanisms accounting for these cross-generational effects. Our findings underscore the importance of maternal mental health to the development of attention in infancy and address the need for early screening of maternal mental health during pregnancy.

scholarly journals Maternal childhood trauma and perinatal distress predict the development of attention in infants from 6 to 18 months in a Swedish cohort study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsing-Fen Tu ◽  
Alkistis Skalkidou ◽  
Marcus Lindskog ◽  
Gustaf Gredebaeck
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Maternal Distress ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Longitudinal Relationships

Maternal distress is repeatedly reported to have negative impacts on the cognitive development in children. Studies examining the association between maternal distress and the development of attention in infancy are few. This study investigated the longitudinal relationships between maternal distress (depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and exposure to childhood trauma) and the development of attention in infancy in 118 mother-infant dyads. We found that maternal exposure to non-interpersonal traumatic events in childhood and a large degree of anxiety during the 2nd trimester was associated with less attention of the infants to audio-visual stimuli at 6, 10, and 18 months. In addition, exposure to interpersonal traumatic events in childhood was identified as a moderator of the negative effect of maternal anxiety during the 2nd trimester on the development of attention in infants. We discuss the possible mechanisms accounting for these cross-generational effects. Our findings underscore the importance of maternal mental health to the development of attention in infancy and address the need for early screening of maternal mental health during pregnancy.

scholarly journals Maternal childhood trauma and perinatal distress are related to infants’ focused attention from 6 to 18 months

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsing-Fen Tu ◽  
Alkistis Skalkidou ◽  
Marcus Lindskog ◽  
Gustaf Gredebäck
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Maternal Distress ◽  
Focused Attention ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Impacts

AbstractMaternal distress is repeatedly reported to have negative impacts on the cognitive development in children and is linked to neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder). However, studies examining the associations between maternal distress and the development of attention in infancy are few. This study investigated the longitudinal relationships between maternal distress (depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and exposure to childhood trauma) and the development of focused attention in infancy in 118 mother-infant dyads. We found that maternal exposure to non-interpersonal traumatic events in childhood was associated with the less focused attention of the infants to audio-visual stimuli at 6, 10, and 18 months. In addition, exposure to interpersonal traumatic events in childhood was identified as a moderator of the negative effect of maternal anxiety during the 2nd trimester on the development of focused attention in infants. We discuss the possible mechanisms accounting for these cross-generational effects. Our findings underscore the importance of maternal mental health to the development of focused attention in infancy and address the need for early screening of maternal mental health during pregnancy.

The Experience of Men Whose Partners Have Postpartum Depression

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 434-444
Author(s):  
Janet A. Ierardi ◽  
Heidi Collins Fantasia ◽  
Barbara Mawn ◽  
Jeanne Watson Driscoll
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Mental Health Clinics ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Physical Responses

BACKGROUND: The correlation of paternal depressive symptomatology to maternal postpartum depression can approach 50%. Paternal depression during a female partner’s postpartum time period can include feelings of fear, confusion, frustration, anger, helplessness, and lack of support. There are only a few published studies that address the interaction between paternal and maternal mental health during the postpartum period. AIMS: The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the experiences of men whose partners had postpartum depression as a foundation for intervention and program development. METHOD: This qualitative study used a descriptive phenomenological approach. A purposive sample of 10 men who lived with a partner diagnosed with postpartum depression was recruited via flier postings in mental health clinics, a perinatal mental health email listserv, and word-of-mouth. Single, audiotape-recorded interviews were completed. Qualitative data analysis was used to reduce initial coding to final themes that described participant experiences. RESULTS: The participants described efforts to provide support and care for their families; their efforts not to make things worse; their fears, anxieties, and physical responses; and the isolation associated with not knowing how to ask for help. The five themes included needing to support partners, maintaining stability, experiencing mutual symptoms, feeling isolated, and providing insight for others. CONCLUSIONS: Depression is known to have a negative effect on all members of a family. It is imperative that fathers’ experiences are understood in order to fill this gap in caring for families.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and maternal mental health: Are we getting the balance right?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Topalidou ◽  
Gill Thomson ◽  
Soo Downe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Psychological Impacts ◽  
Postnatal Women ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Childbearing Women

AbstractThis paper presents a rapid evidence review into the clinical and psychological impacts of COVID-19 on perinatal women and their infants. Literature search revealed that there is very little formal evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant, labouring and postnatal women or their babies. The clinical evidence to date suggests that pregnant and childbearing women, and their babies are not at increased risk of either getting infected, or of having severe symptoms or consequences than the population as a whole. There is no evidence on the short- and longer-term psychological impacts of restrictive practices or social and personal constraints for childbearing women during COVID-19 in particular, or infection pandemics in general. The potential for adverse mental health consequences of the pandemic should be recognised as a critical public health concern, together with appropriate care and support to prevent and ameliorate any negative impacts.

scholarly journals Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Gender Differences in Stress and Mental Health Among University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Prowse ◽  
Frances Sherratt ◽  
Alfonso Abizaid ◽  
Robert L. Gabrys ◽  
Kim G. C. Hellemans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a wide variety of unprecedented challenges, many of which appear to be disproportionately affecting the mental health and well-being of young adults. While there is evidence to suggest university students experience high rates of mental health disorders, less is known about the specific impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on student mental health and how they are coping with this stress. To address this gap, we conducted an online study among undergraduate students (n = 366) to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academics, social isolation, and mental health, as well as the extent to which they have been implementing a variety of coping strategies. The pandemic had a more pronounced negative effect on female students' academics, social isolation, stress and mental health compared to male counterparts. Moreover, for females, frequent use of social media as a coping mechanism was associated with greater perceived negative impacts on their academic performance and stress levels, compared to males. However, frequent social media use related to similar negative mental health effects for both males and females. While male and female students both reported using substances to cope, for males the use of cannabis was associated with greater negative impacts on academic outcomes, stress and mental health compared to females. These findings highlight the need for adequate student support services across the post-secondary sector, and point to the importance of gender informed interventions to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals The roles of resilience and childhood trauma history: Main and moderating effects on postpartum maternal mental health and functioning

2015 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 562-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minden B. Sexton ◽  
Lindsay Hamilton ◽  
Ellen W. McGinnis ◽  
Katherine L. Rosenblum ◽  
Maria Muzik
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Trauma History

scholarly journals Heart rate variability in late pregnancy: exploration of distinctive patterns in relation to maternal mental health

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. Kimmel ◽  
Emma Fransson ◽  
Janet L. Cunningham ◽  
Emma Brann ◽  
Karen Grewen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
The Impact

AbstractExploration of photoplethysmography (PPG), a technique that can be translated to the clinic, has the potential to assess the autonomic nervous system (ANS) through heart rate variable (HRV) in pregnant individuals. This novel study explores the complexity of mental health of individuals in a clinical sample responding to a task in late pregnancy; finding those with several types of past or current anxiety disorders, greater trait anxiety, or greater exposure to childhood traumatic events had significantly different HRV findings from the others in the cohort. Lower high frequency (HF), a measure of parasympathetic activity, was found for women who met the criteria for the history of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) (p = 0.004) compared with women who did not meet the criteria for OCD, and for women exposed to greater than five childhood traumatic events (p = 0.006) compared with those exposed to four or less childhood traumatic events. Conversely higher low frequency (LF), a measure thought to be impacted by sympathetic system effects, and the LF/HF ratio was found for those meeting criteria for a panic disorder (p = 0.006), meeting criteria for social phobia (p = 0.002), had elevated trait anxiety (p = 0.006), or exposure to greater than five childhood traumatic events (p = 0.004). This study indicates further research is needed to understand the role of PPG and in assessing ANS functioning in late pregnancy. Study of the impact of lower parasympathetic functioning and higher sympathetic functioning separately and in conjunction at baseline and in relation to tasks during late pregnancy has the potential to identify individuals that require more support and direct intervention.

Traumatic Events and Mental Health

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Stephen O'Brien ◽  
J. P. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Events

A Longitudinal Study of Mental Health in Emerging Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica S. Bachmann ◽  
Hansjörg Znoj ◽  
Katja Haemmerli
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Consistency Model ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Health Model

Emerging adulthood is a time of instability. This longitudinal study investigated the relationship between mental health and need satisfaction among emerging adults over a period of five years and focused on gender-specific differences. Two possible causal models were examined: (1) the mental health model, which predicts that incongruence is due to the presence of impaired mental health at an earlier point in time; (2) the consistency model, which predicts that impaired mental health is due to a higher level of incongruence reported at an earlier point in time. Emerging adults (N = 1,017) aged 18–24 completed computer-assisted telephone interviews in 2003 (T1), 2005 (T2), and 2008 (T3). The results indicate that better mental health at T1 predicts a lower level of incongruence two years later (T2), when prior level of incongruence is controlled for. The same cross-lagged effect is shown for T3. However, the cross-lagged paths from incongruence to mental health are marginally associated when prior mental health is controlled for. No gender differences were found in the cross-lagged model. The results support the mental health model and show that incongruence does not have a long-lasting negative effect on mental health. The results highlight the importance of identifying emerging adults with poor mental health early to provide support regarding need satisfaction.

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