Do maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms predict anxiety in children with and without ADHD at 8 years?

ABSTRACT: Maternal anxiety and depression during pregnancy and early childhood have been associated with child anxiety and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, previous studies are limited by their short follow-up, few assessments of maternal symptoms, and by not including maternal and child ADHD. The present study aimed to fill these gaps by investigating whether maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms from pregnancy to child age 5 years increase the risk of child anxiety disorders at age 8 years. This study is part of the population-based Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study. Maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed by the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL) six times from pregnancy through early childhood, and ADHD symptoms by the Adult Self-Report Scal

SUBMITTER: Ingeborgrud CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424742 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature