作者
Alexandra M Clavarino, Abdullah A Mamun, Michael O'Callaghan, Rosemary Aird, William Bor, Frances O'Callaghan, Gail M Williams, Shelby Marrington, Jackob M Najman, Rosa Alati
发表日期
2010/5
期刊
Journal of attention disorders
卷号
13
期号
6
页码范围
658-667
出版商
Sage Publications
简介
Objective
This study examines the association between maternal anxiety from pregnancy to 5 years and child attention problems at 5 and 14 yearsMethod
Birth cohort of 3,982 individuals born in Brisbane between 1981 and 1983 are assessed. Self-reported measures of maternal anxiety are assessed at four time points. Maternal reports of child attention problems using Achenbach’s Child Behavior Checklist are assessed at 5 and 14 years. Results
Children of mothers experiencing anxiety during or after pregnancy are at greater risk of experiencing attention problems at 5 and 14 years. After adjusting for maternal age and child’s gender, antenatal anxiety is strongly associated with persistent attention problems (OR = 3.65, 95% CI = 2.19, 6.07). Children with chronically anxious mothers are 5.67 (95% CI = 3.56, 9.03) times more likely to have persistent attention problems. These associations remain consistent after …学术搜索中的文章
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