Parental Family Stress during Pregnancy and Cognitive Functioning in Early Childhood: The Generation R Study

Autor/inn/en	Henrichs, Jens; Schenk, Jacqueline J.; Kok, Rianne; Ftitache, Bouchra; Schmidt, Henk G.; Hofman, Albert; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Tiemeier, Henning
Titel	Parental Family Stress during Pregnancy and Cognitive Functioning in Early Childhood: The Generation R Study
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 26 (2011) 3, S.332-343 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.01.003
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Pregnancy; Cognitive Development; Family Environment; Stress Variables; Prenatal Influences; Young Children; Cognitive Ability; Verbal Communication; Word Recognition; Comprehension; Observation; Fathers; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Schwangerschaft; Kognitive Entwicklung; Familienmilieu; Pränataler Einfluss; Frühe Kindheit; Denkfähigkeit; Worterkennung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Beobachtung
Abstract	We investigated whether parental family stress during pregnancy is associated with cognitive functioning in early childhood in a population-based cohort (n = 3139). Family stress was assessed using the Family Assessment Device at the 20th week of pregnancy and was reported by mothers and fathers. Mothers completed the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory, measuring children's verbal cognitive functioning, when children were 18 months and they completed the Parent Report of Children's Abilities, measuring nonverbal cognitive functioning, when children were 2 years old. Maternal prenatal family stress was related to children's low word comprehension and poorer nonverbal cognitive development independent of paternal reports. In a subset of 639 children, maternal prenatal family stress was also associated with observational assessments of poor effortful control at age 37 months. Paternal prenatal family stress was only related to poorer nonverbal cognitive development, independent of the mother. When both parents had high levels of prenatal family stress, children displayed particularly poor nonverbal cognitive development. These findings emphasize the significance of parental prenatal family stress for child developmental outcomes. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10