Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure effects on trajectories of maternal and adolescent mental health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental psychological distress is a well-known risk factor for developmental psychopathology, with longer term parental distress associated with worse youth mental health. Neurotoxicant exposure during pregnancy is a risk factor for both poor maternal and youth mental health. The impact of one class of pollutant, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), on long-term trajectories of maternal distress and youth self-reported mental health symptoms in adolescence has been understudied.

Methods

PAH exposure was measured by DNA adducts in maternal blood sampled during the third trimester of pregnancy. Maternal distress, operationalized as maternal demoralization, was measured at 11 timepoints (prenatal to child age 16). Adolescent mental health symptoms were measured a

SUBMITTER: DeSerisy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391764 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature