Childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and mother–infant neurophysiological and behavioral co-regulation during dyadic interaction: study protocol

Table 1 Study design, assessments, variables, and measures

Study variables	Postpartum
Study variables	1–3 days	8 weeks	22 weeks
Sociodemographic, obstetric, and clinical data	Sociodemographic and obstetric information^a	Birth trauma^b
Sociodemographic, obstetric, and clinical data		Previous trauma^c
Mother’s perinatal mental health problems		Childbirth-related PTSD symptoms^d	Childbirth-related PTSD symptoms^d
		Depressive symptoms^e	Depressive symptoms^e
		Anxiety symptoms^f	Anxiety symptoms^f
Behavioral mother–infant co-regulation			Mother–infant interaction^g
Behavioral mother–infant co-regulation			Still-Face Paradigm^h
Neurophysiological mother–infant co-regulation			Skin Conductanceⁱ
Neurophysiological mother–infant co-regulation			Neuroimaging on mother–infant brain synchrony^j

^aQuestionnaire on sociodemographic and obstetric data; ^bChildbirth-related trauma item; ^cDiagnostic Scale of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; ^dCity Birth Trauma Scale; ^eEdinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; ^fState-Trait Anxiety Inventory; ^gGlobal Rating Scales of Mother–infant Interaçtion; ^hStill-face paradigm; ⁱMindProber’s biometric sensors; ^jPlux fNIR

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