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Influence of childhood trauma and traumatic stress on a woman's risk of having a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
- Source :
- Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research; Jun2024, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p1176-1188, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Maternal risk factors for having a child diagnosed on the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) continuum are complex and include not only the quantity, frequency, and timing of alcohol use but also a woman's physical stature, socio‐economic status, and pregnancy‐related factors. Exposure to trauma may predispose women to a range of physiological and mental disorders. A woman's mental and physical health may in turn influence her probability of having a child with FASD. This study investigated the role of maternal childhood trauma and lifetime traumatic stress on prenatal alcohol consumption and on the risk of having a child with FASD. Methods: A nested, case‐control study was conducted for maternal risk assessment. Study participants were mothers of first‐grade learners from five rural communities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa who were assessed for FASD. Face‐to‐face surveys were conducted, which included mental health and trauma assessment questionnaires. Results: In logistic regression analyses, higher maternal childhood trauma scores were associated with an increased likelihood of having a child diagnosed with FASD, although the increase in risk was modest (OR = 1.014, p = 0.015). In addition, structural equation modeling investigated relationships between maternal drinking, childhood trauma, traumatic stress, and a child's FASD diagnosis. Traumatic stress and drinking during pregnancy, but not lifetime alcohol use, were associated with maternal childhood trauma. Lifetime alcohol use influenced drinking during pregnancy, which in turn was significantly associated with having a child diagnosed on the continuum of FASD. Conclusion: No direct influence of maternal childhood trauma on FASD diagnosis could be demonstrated. However, maternal trauma may indirectly contribute to the risk of having a child diagnosed with FASD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POST-traumatic stress disorder
RISK assessment
MENTAL health
T-test (Statistics)
RESEARCH funding
QUESTIONNAIRES
LOGISTIC regression analysis
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
PARENTING
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
MANN Whitney U Test
MULTIVARIATE analysis
EMOTIONAL trauma
PRENATAL care
ODDS ratio
LONGITUDINAL method
FETAL alcohol syndrome
CASE-control method
RURAL conditions
WOMEN'S health
ALCOHOL drinking
MOTHERHOOD
DATA analysis software
CONFIDENCE intervals
ADVERSE childhood experiences
DISEASE risk factors
PREGNANCY
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01456008
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177929933
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15334