Associations of Prenatal Social Support in Adolescent Mothers With Measures of Social-Emotional Development in Their Young Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social environments are essential for supporting social-emotional development in children. However, little consideration has been given to social environments children may be exposed to prior to birth and how this may affect social behavior for both generations postnatally. As such, this study considered the impact of maternal social support during pregnancy on infant and maternal social behaviors in very early childhood.

Methods

Pregnant adolescents from 2009-2012 evaluated their social support and participated in maternal-infant interactions at 4 and 14 months of age to assess maternal sensitivity and child attachment. Social skills and language development of infants were evaluated at 4 months of age. A subset of infants underwent MRI to assess functional connec

SUBMITTER: Holland CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12623451 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature