The role of prenatal maternal stress in the development of childhood anxiety symptomatology: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study
The role of prenatal maternal stress in the development of childhood anxiety symptomatology: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study
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DOI：
10.1017/s0954579418000408
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发表时间：
2018-08-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
King, Suzanne
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作者：
McLean, Mia A.;Cobham, Vanessa E.;King, Suzanne
这是可能的，研究结果表明产前母亲压力（PNMS）和后代的焦虑症状之间的联系混淆了产后和/或共享的母子遗传效应。暴露于自然灾害后，昆士兰州洪水研究调查了各种类型的灾害相关PNMS（客观困难，认知评价和主观痛苦）对儿童焦虑症状学（内化和/或焦虑症状测量）的独特和累加效应。洪水暴露在怀孕期间的时间和儿童性别作为潜在的调节因素进行了研究。在控制了母亲的心理社会因素，更大的客观困难，洪水的结果是显着相关的更大的焦虑症状（N = 114）和轻微相关的更大的内化行为（N = 115）。怀孕期间洪水的时间越早，焦虑症状越严重。任何PNMS措施和教师评定的儿童内化行为之间没有发现这样的关联（N = 90）。性别和时间没有缓和关联。我们的研究结果表明，在隔离，增加产妇的困难，由于暴露于一个独立的压力源，在怀孕期间，可能有一个编程的儿童焦虑症状的影响。
It is possible that findings suggesting a link between prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) and anxiety symptoms in offspring are confounded by postnatal and/or shared mother-child heritability effects. Following exposure to a natural disaster, the Queensland Flood Study investigated the unique and additive effects of various types of disaster-related PNMS (objective hardship, cognitive appraisal, and subjective distress) on childhood anxiety symptomatology (internalizing and/or anxiety symptom measures). Timing of flood exposure during pregnancy and child sex were examined as potential moderators. After controlling for maternal psychosocial factors, greater objective hardship as a result of the floods was significantly associated with greater anxiety symptoms (N = 114) and marginally associated with greater internalizing behaviors (N = 115). Earlier timing of the flood in pregnancy was associated with greater anxiety symptoms. No such associations were found between any PNMS measure and teacher-rated child internalizing behaviors (N = 90). Sex and timing did not moderate associations. Our findings suggest that, in isolation, increased maternal hardship due to exposure to an independent stressor, during pregnancy, may have a programming effect on childhood anxiety symptoms.