The protective role of postpartum resilience on anxiety rates of Brazilian mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Carolina Coelho Scholl,
Fernanda Teixeira Coelho,
Bárbara Borges Rubin
et al.
Abstract:Objective: We evaluated the protective effect of postpartum resilience (measured before the pandemic onset) on the prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety symptoms during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: The sample included 589 mothers from a longitudinal study in southern Brazil. Three months after delivery we assessed maternal resilience through the Resilience Scale (RS). The Generalized Anxiety Disorders 7-item (GAD-7) was used to assess anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Show more
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