Associations between maternal stress and infant resting brain activity among families residing in poverty in the U.S.

ABSTRACT: Growing evidence suggests that maternal experiences of stress shape children's functional brain activity in the first years of life. Individuals living in poverty are more likely to experience stress from a variety of sources. However, it is unclear how stress is related to resting brain activity among children born into poverty. The present study examines whether infants born into households experiencing poverty show differences in brain activity associated with maternal reports of experiencing stress. The analytic sample comprised 247 mother-infant dyads who completed maternal questionnaires characterizing stress, and for whom recordings of infant resting brain activity were obtained at 1 year of age (M=12.93 months, SD=1.66; 50% female). Mothers (40% Black, non-Hispanic, 40% Hispanic, 1

SUBMITTER: Troller-Renfree SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10842437 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature