Maternal psychological distress and temperament traits in children from infancy to late childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy is associated with infant temperament. Whether associations persist into late childhood, whether maternal distress is associated with temperament change from infancy to late childhood, whether associations are independent of maternal concurrent distress, and whether maternal distress has sensitive exposure periods on child temperament remain unclear.

Methods

Our study includes mother-child dyads from Finnish, prospective Prediction and Prevention of Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction study. The mothers completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, State Anxiety Inventory and Perceived Stress Scale: biweekly up to 14 times during pregnancy; once in infancy (at child age 4-12 months);

SUBMITTER: Lahti-Pulkkinen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472812 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature