Publication date: Sep 04, 2025
Perinatal depression has been linked to higher negative affectivity (NA) in children, though the strength of this association is variable. Infant sleep, a known protective factor, may moderate this relationship though this has not been tested. To examine whether within-person changes in depressive symptoms across pregnancy and postpartum were linked to child NA, and whether infant sleep duration moderated these effects. This study analyzed secondary data from 3906 postpartum individuals recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021). Online surveys were administered at enrollment (
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Covid | Child temperament |
| Depressive | Infant sleep |
| Postpartum | Negative affectivity |
| Pregnancy | Postpartum depressive symptoms |
| Pregnancy |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | depressive symptoms |
| disease | IDO | role |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
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