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The longitudinal relationship between maternal bonding and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Longitudinal survey assessed maternal bonding, depressive symptoms, and stress during the pandemic, highlighting psychological impacts.

Maternal mental health deteriorated during the COVID-19 pandemic, with bonding influencing the dynamics.
From T1 to T2, bonding, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress significantly worsened, with effect sizes of d = 0.35 for bonding.
Analysis used cross-lagged panel modelling, revealing reciprocal predictions between depressive symptoms and stress.
Strengthening maternal bonding can serve as a preventive measure to support mothers in crisis situations.

Reck et al. (2025) studied this question.

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