Maternal life events during pregnancy and offspring language ability in middle childhood: The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort Study

Early Human Development
Andrew J O WhitehouseCraig E Pennell

Abstract

There is accumulating evidence for a link between maternal stress during pregnancy and later behavioural and emotional problems in children. Little research has examined other developmental outcomes. To determine the effect of maternal stress during pregnancy on offspring language ability in middle childhood. Longitudinal pregnancy cohort-study. A total of 2900 mothers were recruited prior to the 18th week of pregnancy, delivering 2868 live births. The language ability of just under half of the offspring cohort (n=1309; 45.6% of original sample) was assessed in middle childhood (Mean age=10;7, Standard deviation=0;2, range: 9;5-11;11). Language ability was measured using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R). The main predictor variable was the frequency of 10 typically 'stressful' life events experienced by mothers during early and/or late pregnancy. Children were allocated to four groups according to whether they were exposed to high maternal stress (>or=2 life events) during early pregnancy only, late pregnancy only, both, or neither. Mixed-effects regression analyses revealed no association between the maternal experience of two or more stressful life events at any time-point during pregnancy and PPVT-R score...Continue Reading

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Mar 30, 2012·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Yonit K StochAndrew J O Whitehouse
Aug 11, 2011·PloS One·Andrew J O WhitehouseAngelica Ronald
Feb 14, 2012·Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology·Andrew J O WhitehouseCraig E Pennell
Sep 29, 2011·Developmental Psychobiology·Eva Margarita LoomansB R H Van den Bergh
Jul 7, 2017·Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research·Kandice J VarcinAndrew J O Whitehouse
Sep 20, 2018·Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research·Kandice J VarcinAndrew J O Whitehouse
Apr 2, 2014·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Andrew J O WhitehouseJohn P Newnham
Nov 1, 2018·Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease·F O L VehmeijerH El Marroun
Aug 2, 2017·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Bea R H Van den BerghMatthias Schwab

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