The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Pregnancy and Mother-infant Prenatal Bonding

This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 stress and anxiety on prenatal attachment during the second trimester of gestation. Pregnancy is an important stage for mothers-to-be in creating representations of themselves as a “mother”, with the developing attachment relationship to the unbo...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Tohme, Pia (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Abi-Habib, Rudy (author), Nassar, Elma (author), Hamed, Nouran (author), Abou-Ghannam, Gaël (author), Chalouhi, Gihad E. (author)
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منشور في: 2022
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15658
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9
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author Tohme, Pia
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Nassar, Elma
Hamed, Nouran
Abou-Ghannam, Gaël
Chalouhi, Gihad E.
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Abi-Habib, Rudy
Nassar, Elma
Hamed, Nouran
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2022-08-16
2024-05-30T11:51:39Z
2024-05-30T11:51:39Z
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http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15658
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9
Tohme, P., Abi-Habib, R., Nassar, E., Hamed, N., Abou-Ghannam, G., & Chalouhi, G. E. (2022). The psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on pregnancy and mother-infant prenatal bonding. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26(11), 2221-2227.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9
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description This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 stress and anxiety on prenatal attachment during the second trimester of gestation. Pregnancy is an important stage for mothers-to-be in creating representations of themselves as a “mother”, with the developing attachment relationship to the unborn child considered as a milestone in the future parent’s developmental trajectory. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national health measures installed can hence have consequences on these representations and on prenatal attachment. Our sample consisted of 95 mothers that were recruited from a prenatal ultrasound screening center. Results suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected prenatal attachment (PAI) with significant correlations between PAI total score and age, anxiety (DASS) and stress (IES-R). When entered in one model looking for predictors of PAI total score, age and COVID-19 stress were the only variables found to significantly predict prenatal attachment. We argue for a cultural component in explaining these results, hypothesizing that stress could trigger defensive strategies, leading to more investment in the attachment relationship, potentially playing the role of a protective factor.
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spelling The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Pregnancy and Mother-infant Prenatal BondingTohme, PiaAbi-Habib, RudyNassar, ElmaHamed, NouranAbou-Ghannam, GaëlChalouhi, Gihad E.This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 stress and anxiety on prenatal attachment during the second trimester of gestation. Pregnancy is an important stage for mothers-to-be in creating representations of themselves as a “mother”, with the developing attachment relationship to the unborn child considered as a milestone in the future parent’s developmental trajectory. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national health measures installed can hence have consequences on these representations and on prenatal attachment. Our sample consisted of 95 mothers that were recruited from a prenatal ultrasound screening center. Results suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected prenatal attachment (PAI) with significant correlations between PAI total score and age, anxiety (DASS) and stress (IES-R). When entered in one model looking for predictors of PAI total score, age and COVID-19 stress were the only variables found to significantly predict prenatal attachment. We argue for a cultural component in explaining these results, hypothesizing that stress could trigger defensive strategies, leading to more investment in the attachment relationship, potentially playing the role of a protective factor.Published2024-05-30T11:51:39Z2024-05-30T11:51:39Z20222022-08-16Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1092-7875http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15658https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9Tohme, P., Abi-Habib, R., Nassar, E., Hamed, N., Abou-Ghannam, G., & Chalouhi, G. E. (2022). The psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on pregnancy and mother-infant prenatal bonding. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26(11), 2221-2227.http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9enMaternal and Child Health Journalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/156582024-06-11T10:47:57Z
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url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15658
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10995-022-03464-9