Journal article
Parenting stress, maternal depression and child mental health in a Melbourne cohort before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
M Galbally, SJ Watson, AJ Lewis, MH van IJzendoorn
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2022
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16155
Abstract
Aim: This paper aims to examine the maternal and child mental health and parenting outcomes in the context of COVID-19 pandemic conditions using a sample from Melbourne, Australia – a city exposed to one of the longest lockdowns world-wide in response to the pandemic. Methods: This study utilises observational data from a prospective, pregnancy cohort, Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study and includes 468 women and their children followed up in Melbourne to 3–4 years postpartum pre-COVID pandemic and compared to those followed up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: When compared to mothers followed up at 3–4 years postpartum pre-pandemic, those followed up during the COVID-19 pandemi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank those who have supported the development of MPEWS including Michael Permezel. The authors also thank staff, students and volunteers on the MPEWS study as well as study coordinators: Nicole Brooks, Tina Vaiano and Jacinta Holland for their contribution to MPEWS. The authors are also sincerely grateful to the study participants who have contributed a substantial amount of time to participate in this study. This study is supported through the 2012 National Priority Founding Round of Beyondblue in a three-year research grant (ID 519240), a 2015 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant for 5years (APP1106823). Open access publishing facilitated by Monash University, as part of the Wiley - Monash University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.