The influence of the COVID-19 lockdown on infants' physiological regulation during mother-father-infant interactions in Switzerland.
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Version: Final published version
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Serval ID
serval:BIB_D02379C24E83
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
The influence of the COVID-19 lockdown on infants' physiological regulation during mother-father-infant interactions in Switzerland.
Journal
Infancy
ISSN
1532-7078 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1532-7078
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
28
Number
1
Pages
56-70
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the physiological regulation of vagal tone during dyadic and triadic parent-infant interactions in infants born before or around the COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland. We hypothesized that there would be a decrease in vagal tone in triadic interactions compared with dyadic interactions, as triadic interactions are more complex and therefore more resource demanding. However, we expected this difference to be smaller for infants who experienced the period of confinement, as the lockdown led parents to spend more time at home. We also hypothesized that parents would have less stressful interactional events in the triadic interaction because they would be used to interacting with the child together. This study included 36 parents with their 3 month-old infants. Eighteen families met the study authors before the onset of the pandemic (pre-COVID) and 18 met them after its onset, having experienced a period of confinement during the infants' first 3 months of life (COVID). Results showed that the COVID group had no decrease in vagal tone during triadic interactions, whereas the pre-COVID group did. This difference could not, however, be explained by less stressful interactional events in triadic interactions, as the COVID group showed more stressful interactional events in mother-father-infant interactions.
Keywords
Child, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Mothers, Switzerland, COVID-19, Communicable Disease Control, Fathers
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation / 10531C_179442
Create date
20/09/2022 14:14
Last modification date
17/02/2023 7:53