History of pre-pregnancy maternal symptoms of binge eating and childhood behavioral problems in girls and boys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore whether children of mothers with pre-pregnancy binge eating (BE) symptoms have more behavioral difficulties compared with those without and whether associations are moderated by ED symptoms and other maternal health and social factors measured during childhood.

Method

Pre-pregnancy BE symptoms were collected by the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health at Survey 1 (in 1996) and/or at Survey 2 (in 2000) using questions mapped to DSM BE criterion 1. In 2016/7, 2180 women from the 1973-78 cohort provided data on externalizing and internalizing behavior, measured by Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, on 4054 of their children (2-12 years) in the Mothers and their Children's Health study. Covariates were markers of other ED symptoms, sociodem

SUBMITTER: Tapp C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature