Prenatal maternal mood patterns predict child temperament and adolescent mental health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study quantifies the dynamics of maternal mood focusing on unpredictability, and to assess if greater unpredictability of prenatal maternal mood predicts child temperament and internalizing symptoms through early adolescence.

Methods

The association between prenatal mood predictability and child internalizing symptoms were assessed in two longitudinal cohorts (N's = 227 and 180). Maternal mood was assessed repeatedly during pregnancy as early as 15 weeks' gestation. Predictability of maternal mood was calculated by applying Shannon's entropy to the distribution of responses on mood questionnaires. Maternal reports of child negative affectivity (a predictor of later internalizing) were collected at 6, 12, 24 months and 7 years of age. Child self-reports of anx

SUBMITTER: Glynn LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387303 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature