Increases in Stressors Prior to-Versus During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States Are Associated With Depression Among Middle-Aged Mothers.
Increases in Stressors Prior to-Versus During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States Are Associated With Depression Among Middle-Aged Mothers.
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10.3389/fpsyg.2021.706120
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Wilson TW
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作者：
Taylor BK;Frenzel MR;Johnson HJ;Willett MP;White SF;Badura-Brack AS;Wilson TW
在COVID-19大流行期间，工作的父母正在努力平衡他们的职业需求与儿童保育和在家上学的需求。此外，研究表明，妇女承担了更多的负担，报告说，与男子相比，妇女的心理痛苦、焦虑和抑郁程度更高。然而，研究尚未表明心理症状的增加与大流行期间的压力变化有关。在此，我们进行了一个小N研究，探讨压力和心理症状之间的关联，在流行期间的母亲使用结构方程模型，即潜在变化得分模型。33位母亲完成了问卷调查，报告了当前的焦虑和抑郁症状（分别为贝克焦虑和抑郁指数），以及大流行之前与大流行期间的压力生活经历（社会再适应评定量表）。与大流行前相比，妇女在大流行期间认可的压力事件明显更多。此外，58%的母亲在不久的将来因为大流行水平的压力而患上与压力相关的身体疾病的风险为中度至高度。抑郁症状与生活压力的变化程度相关，而焦虑症状则与大流行前的压力水平更相关。本研究初步揭示了COVID-19大流行期间母亲焦虑和抑郁症状经历的细微差别。虽然需要在更大，更多样化的母亲样本中开展进一步的工作，但这项研究强调了适当政策以及预防和干预计划的潜在需求，以改善流行病对母亲心理健康的影响。
Working parents in are struggling to balance the demands of their occupation with those of childcare and homeschooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, studies show that women are shouldering more of the burden and reporting greater levels of psychological distress, anxiety, and depression relative to men. However, research has yet to show that increases in psychological symptoms are linked to changes in stress during the pandemic. Herein, we conduct a small-N study to explore the associations between stress and psychological symptoms during the pandemic among mothers using structural equation modeling, namely latent change score models. Thirty-three mothers completed questionnaires reporting current anxious and depressive symptoms (Beck Anxiety and Depression Index, respectively), as well as stressful life experiences prior to-versus during the pandemic (Social Readjustment Rating Scale). Women endorsed significantly more stressful events during the pandemic, relative to the pre-pandemic period. Additionally, 58% of mothers scored as moderate-to-high risk for developing a stress-related physical illness in the near future because of their pandemic-level stress. Depressive symptoms were associated with the degree of change in life stress, whereas anxiety symptoms were more related to pre-pandemic levels of stress. The present study preliminarily sheds light on the nuanced antecedents to mothers’ experiences of anxious and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although further work is needed in larger, more diverse samples of mothers, this study highlights the potential need for appropriate policies, and prevention and intervention programs to ameliorate the effects of pandemics on mothers’ mental health.
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