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Prenatal Maternal Stress and Child IQ.
- Source :
- Child Development; Mar/Apr2020, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p347-365, 19p, 2 Diagrams, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The evidence for negative influences of maternal stress during pregnancy on child cognition remains inconclusive. This study tested the association between maternal prenatal stress and child intelligence in 4,251 mother-child dyads from a multiethnic population-based cohort in the Netherlands. A latent factor of prenatal stress was constructed, and child IQ was tested at age 6 years. In Dutch and Caribbean participants, prenatal stress was not associated with child IQ after adjustment for maternal IQ and socioeconomic status. In other ethnicities no association was found; only in the Moroccan/Turkish group a small negative association between prenatal stress and child IQ was observed. These results suggest that prenatal stress does not predict child IQ, except in children from less acculturated minority groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREGNANCY & psychology
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
COGNITION in children
CHILDREN -- Intelligence levels
MOTHER-child relationship
RESEARCH
ACCULTURATION
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
EVALUATION research
PRENATAL exposure delayed effects
COMPARATIVE studies
INTELLECT
SOCIAL classes
RESEARCH funding
LONGITUDINAL method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00093920
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142101339
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13177