Birth characteristics and developmental outcomes of infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers

Jahromi, Laudan B.; Umaña‐Taylor, Adriana J.; Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Lara, Ethelyn E.

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“…Moreover, no significant differences were found between groups with respect to cognitive development, similar to results of previous studies 9,27 . Most infants were found with performance within normality, confirming results with American and Brazilian children.…”

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“…Most infants were found with performance within normality, confirming results with American and Brazilian children. For example, in a study with 10-month-old babies of Mexican adolescent mothers in the United States, cognitive development (also measured with the Bayley Mental Scale-II) was within the expected average mental development index of 93.29 (± 7.15) 27 , similar to average values of our sample, in which 89.5% of babies showed development within normal limits.…”

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confidence: 86%

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Desenvolvimento motor e cognitivo de bebês de mães adolescentes e adultas: estudo longitudinal

Borba

Valentini

2015

Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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-The aims of this study were to investigate in infants of adolescent and adult mothers: (1) the risk factors for child development; (2) changes in cognitive and motor development over four months of follow-up, (3) correlation between cognitive and motor development over four months of follow-up. This is a longitudinal study with 40 infants, 20 infants of adolescent mothers and 20 of adult mothers from Porto Alegre and Butiá, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Three evaluations of motor and cognitive development were performed using the Alberta Motor Infant Scale (AIMS) and the Bayley Scale Infant Development II. Significant difference in the supine position of AIMS was observed between groups in the third evaluation. Infants of adolescent mothers showed lower scores than those of adult mothers. The motor scores of each position and total AIMS score showed significant difference during overall time and in each group. The Bayley-II mental score also showed significant difference during overall time and in each group. There was a positive, strong and significant association between AIMS and Bayley scores in all three evaluation stages as in the group of infants of adolescent and adult mothers. It was concluded that infants of adolescent mothers showed worse results in the supine position during the third evaluation than those of adult mothers. There was a significant association between motor and cognitive development in both groups of infants over time. Key words: Infant development; Longitudinal study; Pregnancy in adolescence. Resumo -Este estudo teve como objetivos investigar em bebês de mães adolescentes e adultas: (1) os fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento infantil; (2) as mudanças cognitivas e motoras ao longo de quatro meses, (3) as correlações entre o desenvolvimento motor e cognitivo ao longo de quatro meses. Estudo longitudinal com 40 bebês, 20 nascidos de mães adolescentes e 20 de mães adultas, provenientes dos municípios de

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confidence: 91%

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confidence: 86%

Desenvolvimento motor e cognitivo de bebês de mães adolescentes e adultas: estudo longitudinal

Borba

Valentini

2015

Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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“…Rates of teenage pregnancies are even higher for African American and Hispanic/Latino adolescents compared to their White peers within the U.S. (Berry, Shillington, Peak, & Hohman, 2000; East, Khoo, & Reyes, 2006; Jahromi, Umana-Taylor, Updegraff, & Lara, 2012). These patterns are concerning, given that adolescents who are parenting for the first time may experience additional stress and negative emotions associated with parenting (Hans & Thullen, 2009), in turn impacting the healthy development of their children.…”

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Parenting Stress, Social Support, and Depression for Ethnic Minority Adolescent Mothers: Impact on Child Development

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Rates of teenage pregnancies are higher for African American and Latina adolescents compared to their White peers. African American and Latina adolescent mothers also experience more adversities than their White peers, such as higher rates of depression, school dropout, and economic disadvantage. Furthermore, children of adolescent mothers are at higher risk for adverse development. Parenting stress and social support can impact outcomes experienced by adolescent parents and their children. The present study examined the influence of adolescent mothers' parenting stress and perceived social support on maternal depression at baseline (six months after birth), and its impact on infant development one year later (18 months after birth). Participants were 180 adolescent mothers of African American or Latino/Hispanic descent. Results suggest that higher levels of parenting stress and less perceived social support were associated with higher levels of depression in the adolescent mothers at baseline. Higher levels of maternal depression were also associated with more developmental delays in infants one year post-baseline. Additionally, depression mediated the relationship between parenting stress and later child outcomes. These findings highlight the importance of examining parenting factors such as parenting stress, social support, and maternal depression in ethnic minority adolescent parents, and provide valuable information regarding unique risk and protective factors associated with positive maternal outcomes for ethnic minority adolescent parents and healthy development for their children.

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“…For example, researchers puzzled by similarly unexpected findings of better birth outcomes among high-risk Mexican American mothers relative to their White counterparts have suggested the presence of an “epidemiological paradox”, in which factors associated with enculturation in Mexican culture are believed to protect infants against the multiple risk factors they experience (Jahromi, Umaña-Taylor, Updegraff, & Lara, 2012; Padilla, Hamilton, & Hummer, 2009). Additional caregiving and/or cultural factors both in the prenatal and postnatal environment that may help to counteract the deleterious effects of prenatal stress or even promote infants' attentional control remain to be identified.…”

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Maternal prenatal stress and infant regulatory capacity in Mexican Americans

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Crnic

Luecken

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Infant Behavior and Development

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The early postpartum period lays important groundwork for later self-regulation as infants' dispositional traits interact with caregivers' co-regulatory behaviors to produce the earliest forms of self-regulation. Although emerging literature suggests that fetal exposure to maternal stress may be integral in determining child self-regulatory capacity, the complex pathways that characterize these early developmental processes remain unclear. The current study considers these complex, transactional processes in a low income, Mexican American sample. Data were collected from 295 Mexican American infants and their mothers during prenatal, 6- and 12-week postpartum home interviews. Mother reports of stress were obtained prenatally, and mother reports of infant temperament were obtained at 6 weeks. Observer ratings of maternal sensitivity and infant regulatory behaviors were obtained at the 6- and 12-week time points. Study results indicate that prenatal stress predicts higher levels of infant negativity and surgency, both of which directly or interactively predict later engagement in regulatory behaviors. Unexpectedly, prenatal stress also predicted more engagement in orienting, but not self-comforting behaviors. Advancing understandings about the nature of these developmental pathways may have significant implications for targets of early intervention in this high risk population.

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Birth characteristics and developmental outcomes of infants of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers

Cited by 16 publications

References 46 publications

Desenvolvimento motor e cognitivo de bebês de mães adolescentes e adultas: estudo longitudinal

Desenvolvimento motor e cognitivo de bebês de mães adolescentes e adultas: estudo longitudinal

Parenting Stress, Social Support, and Depression for Ethnic Minority Adolescent Mothers: Impact on Child Development

Maternal prenatal stress and infant regulatory capacity in Mexican Americans

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