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Department of Nursing, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), 18014 Granada, Spain European University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Delivery Ward, Hospital Antequera, 29200 Malaga, Spain Mental Health Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, 41013 Seville, Spain English Language Department, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain Department of Nursing, The University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain Department of Legal Medicine, Psychiatry and Pathology, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBERSAM ISCIII, 28040 Madrid, Spain, The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 generated an alert that became a state of emergency in health issues worldwide, a situation that affected the entire population, including pregnant women. The present study aims to understand the effect of the psychopathological profile of a sample of pregnant women at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic on themselves during childbirth (Phase 1) and after childbirth and the anthropometric measures of the neonate at birth (Phase 2). The total sample comprises 81 pregnant women aged 32.07 years (SD = 5.45) and their neonates. Sociodemographic and obstetric data of the sample were collected. During pregnancy, psychopathology was measured by means of the SCL-90, as well as other psychological measures on stress and social support. Cluster k-means techniques were used to uncover the heterogeneous profiles of psychopathology in Phase 1. Two main psychopathological profiles were found (Cluster 1: High psychopathological symptoms; Cluster 2: Low psychopathological symptoms). The clusters generated show significant differences in all the SCL-90-R subscales used and in the general index at Phase 1. After childbirth, high psychopathology profile membership was associated with a greater probability of having a non-eutocic delivery. On the other hand, the low psychopathological symptoms cluster shows higher levels of depressive symptoms, hostility, paranoid ideation, and psychotic symptoms in Phase 2. In conclusion, there seemed to exist two heterogeneous profiles of psychopathology in pregnant women during the pandemic; the stress related to the pandemic seemed uninfluential on the development of a profile of high psychopathological symptoms and the psychopathology profile may influence delivery and postpartum outcomes., Department of Nursing, University of Jaen, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), European University of Valencia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, DeliveryWard, Hospital Antequera, Mental Health Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, English Language Department, University of Seville, Department of Nursing, The University of Granada, Depto. de Medicina Legal, Psiquiatría y Patología, Fac. de Medicina, TRUE, pub

Growing evidence supports the hypothesis that temperamental traits are not static throughout adolescence. The known links between both reactive and regulatory temperament and anxiety symptoms should be investigated bearing this hypothesis in mind. This study collected self-reported data on behavioral inhibition system (BIS) sensitivity, attentional control (AC), and anxiety symptomatology, from 296 adolescents (64.2% girls; M = 12.96 years at the first assessment, SD = 0.47) every six months, four times over eighteen months. The relationships between temperament factors (AC and BIS sensitivity), considered longitudinally (by means of their trajectories) and anxiety symptoms were investigated using Multigroup Latent Growth Modeling (MLGM), as well as the mediating effect of sex on trajectories and anxiety. BIS sensitivity decreased over time and showed differential patterns across sexes. AC remained relatively stable and we found no sex influence on its trajectory. On the other hand, we observed that the BIS sensitivity trajectory was a significant predictor of anxiety symptomatology at age 15. In conclusion, temperamental changes between the ages of 13 and 15 seem to play a relevant role in explaining subsequent anxiety symptomatology, under the mediating influence of sex., Unión Europea, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Depto. de Medicina Legal, Psiquiatría y Patología, Fac. de Medicina, TRUE, pub