Prenatal maternal stress shapes children’s theory of mind: the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study
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Research shows that stress in pregnancy has powerful and enduring effects on many facets of child development, including increases in behavior problems and neurodevelopmental disorders. Theory of mind is an important aspect of child development that is predictive of successful social functioning and is impaired in children with autism. A number of factors related to individual differences in theory of mind have been identified, but whether theory of mind development is shaped by prenatal events has not yet been examined. In this study we utilized a sudden onset flood that occurred in Queensland, Australia in 2011 to examine whether disaster-related prenatal maternal stress predicts child theory of mind and whether sex of the child or timing of the stressor in pregnancy moderates these effects. Higher levels of flood-related maternal subjective stress, but not objective hardship, predicted worse theory of mind at 30 months (n=130). Further, maternal cognitive appraisal of the flood moderated the effects of stress in pregnancy on girls’ theory of mind performance but not boys’. These results illuminate how stress in pregnancy can shape child development and the findings are discussed in relation to biological mechanisms in pregnancy and stress theory.
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Maternal stress in pregnancy can shape childhood outcomes in a range of developmental domains including temperament, cognition, language skills, and motor functioning.
“Maternal stress in pregnancy can shape childhood outcomes in a range of developmental domains including temperament, cognition, language skills, and motor functioning [106,107].”
From Stress and the HPA Axis: Balancing Homeostasis and Fertility. (2017) · cites this paper as [106]
Prenatal maternal stress can differentially affect outcomes for each sex beyond the neonatal period.
“Studies also show that prenatal maternal stress can differentially affect outcomes for each sex beyond the neonatal period [106].”
From Stress and the HPA Axis: Balancing Homeostasis and Fertility. (2017) · cites this paper as [106]
In the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study, higher subjective stress, but not objective hardship, predicted poorer theory of mind skills in 130 children at 30 months of age.
“Higher subjective stress, but not objective hardship predicted poorer theory of mind skills in 130 children at 30 months of age.”
From The contribution of environmental exposure to the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (2019) · cites this paper as [229]
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- Authors
- Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Cobham, V., & King, S.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- Corresponding author
- King, S.
- Venue
- Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
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- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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- 2017-03-24
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- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 483-492
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- 2040-1744 (ISSN-L)
- 2040-1752
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- W2599862544
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- journal article
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- en
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- Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (publishedVersion)
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- University of Queensland
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
- Keywords
- prenatal stress, maternal stress, theory of mind, child development, 2011 Queensland floods, disaster stress, subjective stress, sex differences, cognitive appraisal, autism spectrum disorder, social cognition
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Disasters, Female, Humans, Male, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Queensland, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Floods, Theory of Mind
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