Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0458 |
| Title: | Stress during pregnancy is associated with developmental outcome in infancy |
| Author(s): | Huizink AC, Robles de Medina PG, Mulder EJ, Visser GH, Buitelaar JK |
| Reference: | J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2003 Sep;44(6):810-8 |
| Place of Study: | Holland |
| Abstract: | Self-report data about daily hassles and pregnancy-specific anxiety and salivary cortisol levels were collected in 170 nulliparous women in early, mid- and late pregnancy in a prospective design, in which healthy infants born at term were followed up after birth. High levels of pregnancy-specific anxiety in mid-pregnancy predicted lower mental and motor developmental scores at 8 months (p < .05). High amounts of daily hassles in early pregnancy were associated with lower mental developmental scores at 8 months (p < .05). Early morning values of cortisol in late pregnancy were negatively related to both mental and motor development at 3 months (p < .05 and p < .005, respectively) and motor development at 8 months (p < .01). On average a decline of 8 points on the mental and motor development scale was found. All results were adjusted for a large number of covariates. |
| Keyword(s): | anxiety levels, cortisol, intellectual development, pregnancy |
| Discussion: | No discussion mentioned for this entry |
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