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355 The mediating role of bonding on pandemic maternal stress and child behavioral outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2022

Polaris Gonzalez-Barrios
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, UPR Medical Sciences Campus
Sohye Kim
Affiliation:
Attachment and neurobiology researcher; Assistant Professor Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sona Rivas Tumanyan
Affiliation:
Associate Professor Office of Assistant Dean for Research and Department of Surgical Sciences, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core Leader, The Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance)
Carmen J. Buxa Martinez
Affiliation:
Associate Professor/Director, Dental and Craniofacial Genomics Core (DCGC)/Director, Caribbean Dental Biorepository (CariDen), School of Dental Medicine
Karen G. Martinez-Gonzalez
Affiliation:
PI Post Doctoral Masters in Science of Clinical Research/Director Department of Psychiatry UPR-Medical Sciences Campus/Director Center for the Study of Fear and Anxiety
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Abstract

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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The COVID-19 pandemic may have affected the relationship/experience of the mother-child dyad (Provenzi et al., 2021). Our objective is to identify the association of pandemic related maternal stress with child development. We will further evaluate the role of bonding, attachment, and trauma on this association. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We aim to recall a prospective cohort (n=200) of Latinx/Hispanic mothers from an ongoing study, power analysis will estimate minimum sample size (power=0.80 and alpha =0.05). Assessments of pandemic related maternal stress (PRMS) will be done with the COVID-19 and Perinatal Experiences Interview, perceived stress scale, and Parental Stress Index. Bonding, attachment, and trauma history will be assessed with psychological questionnaires and Childs behaviors with the Ackerman-CBCL questionnaire. Descriptive statistical analysis will be done. Correlations will identify associations and multivariate models will assess the role of parental bonding and effects of maternal attachment/trauma on associations to PRMS and child behavioral outcomes (controlling for confounding effects). RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: First, we expect to find that mothers will report higher levels of stress (pandemic related, perceived, and parental) which will be associated with less bonding behaviors towards her child. Second, we expect that mothers levels of PRMS will be mediated by poorer bonding characteristics thus leading to negative child behavioral outcomes (i.e., poor regulation, crying spells, alterations in physiological patterns, and social-emotional developmental outcomes). Further mothers insecure attachment traits and trauma history will moderate perception of stress and negative child behavioral outcomes. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Results will describe stress in Latinx/Hispanics mothers during the pandemic and effects on child development. Identifying the role of maternal bonding/attachment will point to how this formative relationship has transformed during the pandemic, providing knowledge of mother-child resiliency.

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