The influence of the COVID ‐19 lockdown on infants' physiological regulation during mother‐father‐infant interactions in Switzerland

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.
Source: Infancy - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research