SCHWAN-Studie
The Schwan Study examines the effects of subjective stress experiences and psychobiological stress reactivity during pregnancy and correlations with the coronavirus pandemic.
Aim and procedure of the study
The SCHWAN study examines how subjective stress experiences and psychobiological stress reactivity during pregnancy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can affect couple and parent-child relationships during the transition to parenthood.
Stress, Well-being and family relationships in the transition to parenthood during the COVID-19 pandemic and its influences on infant development (SWAN)
With this goal in mind, three objectives were planned for this interdisciplinary research project:
(1) Investigation of the relationship between stress during pregnancy and in the postpartum period and child development during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
(2) Assessment of whether the stress level during pregnancy and the postpartum period and the quality of the mother-child relationship in the child's first year of life differ between a sample examined during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and a sample examined before SARS-CoV-2.
(3) Comparison and evaluation of a newly developed automated multimodal software tool for behavioral analysis, which has the potential to integrate AI methods into parent-child interaction research and various interaction paradigms, with a well-established and reliable analog behavioral coding system.
The study covers four measurement points:
- During pregnancy and three to four months after the birth of your child, two appointments will take place at home and online.
- Two tests will be conducted on site at LMU 9 and 12 months after the birth of your child.
- Participation involves completing online questionnaires, providing saliva samples, measuring heart rates, interacting with your child, and playful developmental psychology tasks for your child.
It is no longer possible to participate in the study, as data collection has already been completed. We are currently in the data processing and analysis phase.
Directors of Studies LMU
Prof. Dr. Corinna Reck
Head of the Teaching and Research Unit
Professor | Head of the University Outpatient Clinic | Head of MUNIK
Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Mitho Müller
Research assistant
Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Nora Nonnenmacher
Research Team LMU
Magdalena Lukas
former student assistant in the teaching and research unit
Cooperation
- Prof. Dr. Anna-Lena Zietlow (Technische Universität Dresden)
- Prof. Dr. Johannes Ehrenthal (Universität zu Köln)
- Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André (Universität Augsburg)
- Dr. Tobias Baur (Universität Augsburg)
- Prof. Dr. Beate Ditzen (Universität Zürich)
- Prof. Dr. Stephanie & Markus Wallwiener (Universität Heidelberg)
Contact
For further information, please contact Lea Kaubisch or send an email to the general project email address: projekt-schwan@psy.lmu.de