Prenatal Maternal Stress and Child IQ
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| Title: | Prenatal Maternal Stress and Child IQ |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Cortes Hidalgo, Andrea P., Neumann, Alexander, Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J., Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Rijlaarsdam, Jolien, Verhulst, Frank C., White, Tonya, van IJzendoorn, Marinus H., Tiemeier, Henning |
| Source: | Child Development. Mar-Apr 2020 91(2):347-365. |
| Availability: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Prenatal Influences, Mothers, Stress Variables, Pregnancy, Cognitive Development, Intelligence Quotient, Ethnicity, Correlation, Acculturation, Minority Groups, Immigrants, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Netherlands |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.13177 |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
| 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. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1246006 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.13177 |
