Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress
Background: Maternal relationship quality is associated with mental health; maternal mental health could affect child mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected both relationship quality and mental health. Purpose: To examine if maternal distress mediates the association between pandemi...
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| author | Chelsey Pastershank Nicole Letourneau Carly A. McMorris Deborah Dewey Gerald F. Giesbrecht Kharah M. Ross |
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| description | Background: Maternal relationship quality is associated with mental health; maternal mental health could affect child mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected both relationship quality and mental health. Purpose: To examine if maternal distress mediates the association between pandemic-related changes in maternal relationship quality and child distress. Methods: A sample of 194 mother-child dyads were from the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort participated. Mothers reported pandemic-related changes in relationship quality (partner, child, friends/family) and mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms). Children (7-10 yrs) self-reported mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms). Covariates were maternal sociodemograhics, child age and gender, number of children in the home, time between pandemic start and assessments, and pandemic change in household income. Mediation was tested using the SPSS PROCESS macro. Results: An indirect effect of maternal relationship quality on child anxiety via maternal depressive symptoms was detected, .95CI upper boundary <-.025. Decreases in partner relationship quality, b = -.45, SE = .23, p = .001, and relationship quality with friends or family outside the household, b = -.46, SE = .27, p = .001, were associated with higher maternal anxiety, which in turn, predicted higher child depressive symptoms, p’s<.014. Conclusions: Pandemic-related decreases in maternal relationship quality were associated with maternal distress, which in turn was associated with child distress. Limitations: We focused on mothers only and obtained retrospective recall reports on changes in relationship quality during the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a498c7d965a04aa6aa51f34cb7b66ebb2023-11-22T04:49:07ZengElsevierJournal of Affective Disorders Reports2666-91532023-12-0114100657Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distressChelsey Pastershank0Nicole Letourneau1Carly A. McMorris2Deborah Dewey3Gerald F. Giesbrecht4Kharah M. Ross5Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Faculty of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Psychology, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB, Canada; Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Corresponding author at: Centre for Social Sciences, 1 University Drive, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Canada.Background: Maternal relationship quality is associated with mental health; maternal mental health could affect child mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected both relationship quality and mental health. Purpose: To examine if maternal distress mediates the association between pandemic-related changes in maternal relationship quality and child distress. Methods: A sample of 194 mother-child dyads were from the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) cohort participated. Mothers reported pandemic-related changes in relationship quality (partner, child, friends/family) and mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms). Children (7-10 yrs) self-reported mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms). Covariates were maternal sociodemograhics, child age and gender, number of children in the home, time between pandemic start and assessments, and pandemic change in household income. Mediation was tested using the SPSS PROCESS macro. Results: An indirect effect of maternal relationship quality on child anxiety via maternal depressive symptoms was detected, .95CI upper boundary <-.025. Decreases in partner relationship quality, b = -.45, SE = .23, p = .001, and relationship quality with friends or family outside the household, b = -.46, SE = .27, p = .001, were associated with higher maternal anxiety, which in turn, predicted higher child depressive symptoms, p’s<.014. Conclusions: Pandemic-related decreases in maternal relationship quality were associated with maternal distress, which in turn was associated with child distress. Limitations: We focused on mothers only and obtained retrospective recall reports on changes in relationship quality during the pandemic.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915323001956COVID-19APrON studyRelationship qualityMaternal anxietyChild depressive symptomsRelationship change |
| spellingShingle | Chelsey Pastershank Nicole Letourneau Carly A. McMorris Deborah Dewey Gerald F. Giesbrecht Kharah M. Ross Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress Journal of Affective Disorders Reports COVID-19 APrON study Relationship quality Maternal anxiety Child depressive symptoms Relationship change |
| title | Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress |
| title_full | Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress |
| title_fullStr | Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress |
| title_short | Change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress |
| title_sort | change in maternal relationship quality and maternal and child distress |
| topic | COVID-19 APrON study Relationship quality Maternal anxiety Child depressive symptoms Relationship change |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915323001956 |
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