The influence of maternal anxiety and cortisol during pregnancy on childhood anxiety symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The etiology of child and adolescent anxiety remains poorly understood. Although several previous studies have examined associations between prenatal maternal psychological functioning and infant and child health outcomes, less is known about the impact of maternal anxiety specific to pregnancy and cortisol during pregnancy on childhood anxiety outcomes.

Methods

Participants included 496 mother-child pairs from the PROGRESS longitudinal birth cohort in Mexico City. Anxiety symptoms were assessed at age 8-11 years during 2018-2019 using the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Pregnancy-specific anxiety was assessed using an expanded version of the Pregnancy Anxiety Scale. Maternal biological stress response during pregnancy was assessed using salivary cortis

SUBMITTER: McGuinn LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8977283 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature