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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 94, Issue 5, Pages 1356-1367Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13934
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This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infant social-emotional development. The findings suggest that maternal pre- and postnatal concerns related to the pandemic are associated with increased developmental risk in infants. Specifically, maternal postnatal concerns are linked to higher total risk scores and a greater risk of inflexibility problems in infants.
Infant social-emotional development may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated associations between maternal pre- and postnatal pandemic-related concerns and social-emotional developmental risk. Data, collected in 2020-2021, came from 220 mothers (87% white, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% American Indian, M-age = 32.46 years), and infants (53.18% male, M-age = 12.98 months) in the United States. Maternal postnatal pandemic-related concerns were associated with total risk scores (B = 6.09, p-value <.001) and offspring risk of scoring positive for problems related to inflexibility (B = 4.07, p-value = .006). The total score association was moderated by self-reported social support. Infants may be detrimentally impacted by the pandemic via maternal pandemic-related concerns. Maternal social support may buffer infants.
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