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Maternal antenatal anxiety and children's behavioural/emotional problems at 4 years
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Background: Animal experiments suggest that maternal stress and anxiety during pregnancy have long-term effects on the behaviour of the off spring. Aims: To test the hypothesis that antenatal maternal anxiety predicts behavioural problems at age 4 years. Method: Data were collected on multiple antenatal and postnatal assessments of maternal anxiety and depression, antenatal and obstetric risks, psychosocial risks and children's behavioural/emotional problems (n=7448). Results: Antenatal maternal anxiety predicted behavioural/emotional problems in boys (OR=2.14,95% CI 1.48−3.10) and girls (OR=1.88,95% CI 1.3–2.69) after accounting for covariates. When covarying maternal anxiety up to 33 months postnatally, antenatal anxiety continued to predict total problems in boys (OR=1.56,95% CI 1.02–2.41) and girls (OR=1.5l, 95% CI 1.22–2.81). Conclusions: There could be a direct effect of maternal mood on foetal brain development, which affects the behavioural development of the child.
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“which in turn has deleterious effects on maternal–child attachment, child behaviour, and cognitive and neuroendocrine outcomes that persist into adolescence.36–40”
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“Maternal stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy and post-partum are reported to have short- and long-term consequences for women's health, impact mother-baby/child interactions, and increase the risk of emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and social problems in children (Mason etal., 2011; O'Connor etal., 2002).”
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“Thus, elevated prenatal maternal stress/anxiety is associated with infant inability to attend and with delayed cognitive development (Brouwers et al., 2001; Huizink et al., 2002; O’Connor et al., 2002; Buitelaar et al., 2003; Huizink et al., 2003; Davis & Sandman, in press)”
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- Authors
- O'Connor, T. G., Heron, J., Golding, J., Beveridge, M., & Glover, V.
- Affiliations
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2002-06
- Volume
- 180
- Issue
- 06
- Pages
- 502-508
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2173291953
- Cited by
- 1,070
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 34.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Keywords
- child behavior problems, child emotional problems, maternal depression, prenatal stress, sex differences, maternal mood, fetal brain development, early childhood
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Child Behavior Disorders, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Maternal Behavior, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Multivariate Analysis, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio
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