Soledad studied Psychology at the Universidad Católica de Chile, she has a Master in Clinical Psychology by the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, and a PhD in Psychology by the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is currently a researcher at the Centro de Apego y Regulación Emocional (CARE) at the Universidad del Desarrollo.
Her research focuses on perinatal mental health. She has been involved in several research projects, which have adressed the relationship between maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety during the perinatal period and the disruption of sleep patterns due to pregnancy and infant care, prevention of perinatal distress in primary health settings, development and validation of a scale to screen for perinatal anxiety, and the development and evaluation of a group intervention targeting maternal mental health problemas and the mother-infant relationship.
Conference Presentations
March, 2021:
Coo, S., García, M. I., Mira, A., & Valdés, V. The Role of Perinatal Anxiety and Depression in Breastfeeding Practices. Oral presentation at the Online Conference of the Society for Research in Child Development.
March, 2019:
Aldoney, D., Prieto, F., Coo, S. Maternal and Paternal Playfulness: Predictors and Relation to Children´s Vocabulary and Regulatory Skills. Presentación en el Congreso de la SRCD (Society for Research in Child Development), Baltimore, Estados Unidos.
Aldoney, D., Prieto, F., Coo, S. The Contribution of Fathers’ and Mothers´ Executive Function and Parenting on Children´s Executive Function. Presentación en el Congreso de la SRCD (Society for Research in Child Development), Baltimore, Estados Unidos.
May, 2018:
Coo, S., Somerville, S., Matacz, R, & Byrne, S. Development and preliminary evaluation of a group intervention targeting maternal mental health and mother-infant interactions. Presentación oral en el Congreso internacional N. 16 de la Asociación Intrnacional de Salud Mental Infantil (WAIMH), Roma, Italia.
Aldoney, D., Coo, S., & Mendive, S. Playfulness in low income Chilean mother-child interactions and child development. En el Simposio de Posters, Emde, R. (Facilitador) Playfulness inparent-child interactions en el Congreso internacional N. 16 de la Asociación Internacional de Salud Mental Infantil (WAIMH), Roma, Italia.
Aldoney, D., Coo, S., Mira A., & Valdivia, J. (2018, May). Beliefs about play in Chilean parents and early childhood educators. Poster presentado en el Congreso internacional N. 16 de la Asociación Internacional de Salud Mental Infantil (WAIMH), Roma, Italia.
Research Projects
2020 to present “Concordance in the physiological and subjective response to stress? The role of temperament and family functioning in emotional regulation and its relationship with symptomatology in late adolescence and emerging adulthood”. FONDECYT Regular N° 1201576, Co-Investigator.
2020 to present “Evaluation of the effectiveness of the digital version of the “What Were We Thinking” intervention to promote postpartum maternal mental health”. Priority Research Fund, Millennium Institute for Depression and Personality Research, Co-Investigator.
2018-2019 “Maternal sensitivity, emotional regulation and interpersonal regulation of emotions during the transition to motherhood”. FONDECYT of Initiation No. 11170338, Responsible Researcher.
2017-2018 “Translation and cultural adaptation of an intervention to prevent postpartum depression in primary care”. Internal Fund, University of Development. Responsible investigator.
2017-2018 “Beliefs of fathers and mothers about the game and its academic value”. Interfaculty Fund, University of Development. Co-investigator.
2015 Development and preliminary validation of the Emotional Wellbeing Group, a pilot study. Research Officer – Department of Psychological Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, Australia.
2012 – 2013 Development and Validation of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale (PASS) . Research Officer – Department of Psychological Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, Australia.
2012 – 2013 Women´s experiences of perinatal mental health, problems and barriers to access services. A qualitative study. Casual Researcher – Beyond Blue, The national depression initiative, Australia.
2011 – 2012 A psychoeducational treatment for postpartum anxiety disorders. Research Assistant – Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Publications
Pérez, C., Aldoney, D., Vivanco-Carlevari, A., Coo, S., Guzman, E. J., & Silva, J. R. Adapting to Adversity: Effects of Covid-19 on Parenting in Chile. Frontiers in Psychology, 3340.
Mira, A., Coo, S., & Bastías, R. (2022). Mother’s mental health and the interaction with her moderate preterm baby in the NICU. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1-16.
Coo, S., Medina, F., García, M. I., & Pérez, C. (2021). Evaluación de las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Ansiedad Perinatal en una muestra de madres en Chile. Ansiedad y Estrés, 28, (2022), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.5093/anyes2022a4
Coo, S., García, M. I., & Mira, A. (2021). Examining the association between subjective childbirth experience and maternal mental health at six months postpartum. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1-14.
Coo Calcagni, S., Mira Olivos, A., García Valdés, M. I., & Zamudio Berrocal, P. (2021). Salud mental en madres en el período perinatal. Andes pediatrica, (AHEAD), 0-0.
Barra, L., Marín, A., & Coo, S. (2020). Cuidados del desarrollo en recién nacidos prematuros: Fundamentos y características principales. Revista chilena de pediatría, 92(1), 131-137
Coo, S., García, M. I., Prieto, F., & Medina, F. (2020). The role of interpersonal emotional regulation on maternal mental health. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1-19.
Coo, S., García, M. I., Mira, A., & Valdés, V. (2020). The role of perinatal anxiety and depression in breastfeeding practices. Breastfeeding Medicine, 15(8), 495-500.
Coo, S., Aldoney, D., Mira, A., & López, M. (2019). Cultural Adaptation of the Spanish Version of the Perceptions of Play Scale . Journal of Child and Family Studies. DOI 10.1007/s10826-019-01693-1
Coo, S., García, M. I., Awad, N., Rowe, H., & Fisher, J. (2019). Cultural adaptation of an intervention to prevent postnatal depression and anxiety in Chilean new mothers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1-12.
Coo, S., Somerville, S., Matacz, R., & Byrne, S. (2018). Development and preliminary evaluation of a group intervention targeting maternal mental health and mother–infant interactions: a combined qualitative and case series report. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 1-17.
Pérez, J. C., Coo, S., & Irarrázaval, M. (2018). Is maternal depression related to mother and adolescent reports of family functioning?. Journal of adolescence, 63, 129-141.
García,M., Araya, G., Coo, S., Weisbren, S., de la Parra, A. (2017). Treatment adherence during childhood in individuals with phenylketonuria: Early signs of treatment discontinuation. Mol Genet Metab Report, doi: 10.1016/ j.ymgmr.2017.04.006.e Collection 2017 Jun.
Somerville, S., Byrne, S. L., Dedman, K., Hagan, R., Coo, S., Oxnam, E., Doherty, D., Cunningham, N., & Page, A. C. (2015). Detecting the severity of perinatal anxiety with the perinatal anxiety screening scale (PASS). Journal of Affective Disorders, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.07.01
Coo, S., Milgrom, J., Kuppens, P., & Trinder, J. (2015). Perinatal distress, an appraisal perspective. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 33(2), 190-204.
Bei, B., Coo, S., Trinder, J.A., (2015). Sleep and mood during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Sleep Medicine Clinics, 10, 25-33.
Bei, B., Coo, S., Baker, F. C., & Trinder, J. (2015). Sleep in Women: A review. Australian Psychologist, 50(1), 14-24.
Coo, S., Milgrom, J., & Trinder, J. (2014). Mood and objective and subjective measures of sleep during late pregnancy and the postpartum period. Behavioral sleep medicine, 12(4), 317-330.
Coo, S., Milgrom, J., Kuppens, P., Cox, P., & Trinder, J. (2014) Exploring the association between maternal mood and self-reports of sleep during the perinatal period. JOGNN, 43 (4), 465-477.
Coo, S., Milgrom, J., & Trinder, J. (2014). Pregnancy and postnatal dreams reflect changes inherent to the transition to motherhood. Dreaming, 24(2), 125-137.
Somerville, S., Dedman, K., Hagan, R., Oxnam, E., Wettinger, M., Byrne, S., Coo, S., Doherty, D., Page, A. (2014). The Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation. Archives of Women´s Mental Health. 17(5), 443-454.
Highet, N., Stevenson, A., Purtell, C., & Coo, S. (2014). Qualitative insights into women’s personal experiences of perinatal depression and anxiety and implications for information and service provision. Women and Birth, 27(3), 179-184.
Rowe, H. J., Coo-Calcagni, S., Galgut, S., Michelmore, J., & Fisher, J. R. (2014). Self-management of mild to moderate anxiety in women who have recently given birth: development and acceptability of a theoretically sound complex intervention. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 16(5), 308-319.
Coo-Calcagni, S., Bei, B., Milgrom, J., & Trinder, J. (2012). The relationship between sleep and mood in first time and experienced mothers. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 10(3), 167-179.
Bei, B., Coo-Calcagni, S., Milgrom, J., & Trinder, J. (2012). Day-to-day alteration of 24-hour sleep pattern immediately before and after giving birth. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 10, 212-221.
Coo, S. & Martínez, M.C. (2007) Las tareas de Psique en los cuentos de hadas. Aportes en Psicología Clínica Analítica Junguiana. 1: 86-103