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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.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/bs13020080","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,19]],"date-time":"2023-01-19T05:50:20Z","timestamp":1674107420000},"page":"80","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Maternal Psychopathological Profile during Childbirth and Neonatal Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Posttest Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8752-459X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sergio","family":"Martinez-Vazquez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Blanca","family":"Riquelme-Gallego","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), 18014 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leydi Jhoansy","family":"Lugo-Toro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"European University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lidia","family":"Lucena-Prieto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Delivery Ward, Hospital Antequera, 29200 Malaga, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nathalia","family":"Garrido-Torres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mental Health Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, 41013 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5583-6321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Teresa","family":"Lopez-Soto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"English Language Department, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0565-1123","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rafael A.","family":"Caparros-Gonzalez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), 18014 Granada, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Nursing, The University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0595-6127","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandro","family":"De la Torre-Luque","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Legal Medicine, Psychiatry and Pathology, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBERSAM ISCIII, 28040 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2022, August 01). 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