ERIC Number: EJ1370487
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
EISSN: EISSN-1476-8275
Course of Maternal Anxiety Disorders and Their Impact on Child Development in Toddlers: A Study with Young Mothers
Scholl, Carolina Coelho; Coelho, Fernanda Teixeira; de Mello, Daniele Behling; Trettim, Jéssica Puchalski; de Matos, Mariana Bonati; Castelli, Rochele Dias; do Espírito Santo, Graciela Coelho; Böhm, Denise Müller; Molina, Mariane Lopez; Pinheiro, Ricardo Tavares; Quevedo, Luciana de Avila
Early Child Development and Care, v192 n14 p2213-2225 2022
This study aimed to verify the course of maternal anxiety disorders and its impact on child development of toddlers. This is a cohort study that followed 497 pregnant adolescents who received antenatal care in the public health service in a southern city in Brazil. We assessed maternal anxiety disorders during gestation, postpartum, and when children were 2-3 years old and we evaluated child development in toddlerhood. We performed a structured modelling approach to compare the effect of three different hypothesized life course models (accumulation, critical period, and mobility) of maternal anxiety on child development. The course of maternal anxiety manifests in different ways in each dimension of child development. However, only child cognitive development was directly impacted by maternal anxiety disorders (B -4.05; 95%CI -7.16; -0.93). Research on the impact of life course models of anxiety disorders is needed to help the implementation of interventions to prevent future negative outcomes.
Descriptors: Mothers, Anxiety Disorders, Child Development, Toddlers, Early Parenthood, Foreign Countries, Pregnancy, Cognitive Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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