@misc{10481/75597,
year = {2022},
month = {4},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/75597},
abstract = {(1) Background: this study is based on a model of how changes in protective factors may
affect the emotional health of mothers and fathers and thus influence the development of the baby.
Our research goal is to determine whether variations in perceived social support moderate levels
of stress and depression during pregnancy and/or the effect of parents’ emotional health on the
baby’s anthropometric parameters. (2) Methods: to achieve these aims, a longitudinal study was
made of 132 couples and babies, who were evaluated at weeks 12 and 32 of gestation and at birth.
Separate analyses were performed for the mothers and fathers, focused on the role of social support
in moderating their levels of depression and stress during pregnancy, and the consequent impact on
the baby. (3) Results: the results obtained show the moderating effects of changes in social support on
maternal and paternal stress and depression. Reduced social support during pregnancy is associated
with higher levels of stress and depression in both parents and with a high cephalisation index in
their babies. (4) Conclusions: special attention should be paid to social support, which can have
a strong impact on the evolution of emotional health during pregnancy and concomitantly on the
development of the baby.},
organization = {University of Granada (Spain)},
organization = {Andalusian Public Foundation for Biosanitary Research Eastern Andalusia (Spain)},
organization = {Regional Ministry of Health within Junta de Andalucia (Spain)	PC-0526-2016-0526},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Depression},
keywords = {Stress},
keywords = {Perceived social support},
keywords = {Protective factors},
keywords = {Birth weight},
keywords = {Cephalisation index},
keywords = {Mother},
keywords = {Father},
keywords = {Baby},
title = {Moderating Effect of Changes in Perceived Social Support during Pregnancy on the Emotional Health of Mothers and Fathers and on Baby’s Anthropometric Parameters at Birth},
doi = {10.3390/children9050648},
author = {Castelar Ríos, María José and Santos Roig, Macarena De Los and Robles Ortega, Humbelina and Díaz López, Miguel Ángel and Maldonado Lozano, José and Bellido González, María Mercedes},
}