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0062/2026 - Challenges of motherhood during COVID-19: work, emotional conditions and children
Desafios da maternidade em tempos de Covid-19: trabalho, condições emocionais e filhos

Author:

• Thaís Sayuri Yamamoto - Yamamoto, TS - <tsyamamoto@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-2898

Co-author(s):

• Vânia de Matos Fonseca - Fonseca, VM - <vaniamf36@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5452-7081
• Claudia Bonan - Bonan, C - <bonanclaudia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8695-6828
• Andreza Pereira Rodrigues - Rodrigues, AP - <andrezaenfermeira@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1873-5828
• Ana Carolina Carioca da Costa - Costa, ACC - <carolcarioca@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9456-3319
• Paula Gaudenzi - Gaudenzi, P - <paula.gaudenzi@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4039-1088


Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated gender inequality in Brazil. The effects on women's work and domestic lives have been dramatic, leading to challenges not yet clarified, especially for mothers of children under the age of 18. This article aimed to verify the association between these women's perception of dealing with motherhood and sociodemographic factors, work situation, emotional conditions, and changes in the behavior and development of their children during the pandemic. A cross-sectional quantitative study was carried out, and an online questionnaire was applied to 28,625 mothers from all over Brazil. There was a higher prevalence of difficulty in dealing with motherhood among white women, with greater income and higher education. The factors that had the greatest impact on the increased prevalence of difficulty were the rise in the domestic workload, changes in children's behavior, reduced social interaction between children and other kids, and having children under the age of 6. On the other hand, the improvement or maintenance of women's emotional condition, as well as the advancement in their children's development, decreased the perception of difficulty in dealing with maternity.

Keywords:

COVID-19. Mother-Child Relations. Gender. Work.

Content:

Challenges of motherhood during COVID-19: work, emotional conditions and children


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Yamamoto, TS, Fonseca, VM, Bonan, C, Rodrigues, AP, Costa, ACC, Gaudenzi, P. Challenges of motherhood during COVID-19: work, emotional conditions and children. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2026/Mar). [Citado em 21/05/2026]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/challenges-of-motherhood-during-covid19-work-emotional-conditions-and-children/19960?id=19960



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