Maternal Life Stress Events in Pregnancy Link to Children’s School Achievement at Age 10 Years - 26/02/13
, Monique Robinson, PhD 2, Eva Malacova, PhD 3, Peter Jacoby, MSc 2, Jonathan Foster, PhD 4, 5, Anke van Eekelen, PhD 2
Reprint requests: Jianghong Li, PhD, Social Science Research Center in Berlin, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany.Abstract |
Objective |
To test the hypothesis that maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events is associated with lower achievement in literacy and numeracy at age 10 years, with sex differences in this link.
Study design |
The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort Study recruited 2900 women at 18 weeks’ pregnancy, and 2868 children were followed up at birth and postnatally. At age 10 years, information on 1038 children was linked to their literacy and numeracy test scores. Multivariate regression models were used to test the foregoing hypotheses, adjusting for important confounders.
Results |
In girls, maternal antenatal exposure to 4 or more maternal life stress events or death of the mother’s friend and/or relative was associated with lower reading scores. In contrast, exposure to 3 or more life stress events or to a pregnancy or financial problem was associated with higher reading scores in boys. Furthermore, maternal exposure to 4 or more life stress events was associated with higher mathematic scores and a residential move was linked to higher writing scores in boys.
Conclusion |
Maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events has differing effects on the school performance of male and female offspring. Further research is needed to explore the reasons for this sex difference.
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Plan
| The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research; the University of Western Australia; the Raine Medical Research Foundation; the University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences; Australian Health Management; and the Women and Infants Research Foundation. M.R. is funded by Australian Rotary Health. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. |
Vol 162 - N° 3
P. 483-489 - mars 2013 Retour au numéro
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