Maternal prenatal stress and infant birth weight and gestational age: A meta-analysis of prospective studies

Bussières, Ève-Line; Tarabulsy, George M.; Pearson, Jessica; Tessier, R; Forest, Jean‐Claude; Giguère, Yves

doi:10.1016/j.dr.2015.04.001

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“…prenatal stress, anxiety, and depression) and adverse pregnancy outcomes (e.g. LBW and preterm delivery) have been well documented . Stress affects pregnancy outcomes via both behavioral and physiological mechanisms.…”

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Psychosocial factors in pregnancy and birthweight: Path analysis

Dolatian

Mahmoodi

Majd

et al. 2016

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Psychosocial factors in pregnancy and birthweight: Path analysis

Dolatian

Mahmoodi

Majd

et al. 2016

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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“…Moreover, a number of studies have noted that depressive and anxious pregnant women consulted their doctors more often and were more likely to require pain relief during the birth [115]. Other perinatal complications arising from mild to clinically relevant symptoms of prenatal maternal stress, depression or anxiety can include premature delivery and low birth weight of the child [118][119][120]. There were also indications that depression in the mother can predispose to intrauterine growth retardation [121][122].…”

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Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Ulrich

Petermann

2016

Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd

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!In recent decades, the understanding of the short and longer term effects of health-damaging behaviors and mental health problems in pregnant women and the underlying mechanisms of these behaviors and illnesses has significantly increased. In contrast, little is known about the factors affecting individual pregnant women which contribute to health-damaging behaviors and mental illness. The aim of this paper was therefore to summarize the current state of research into the consequences of nicotine and alcohol consumption, malnutrition, excessive weight gain or obesity, and impaired mental health (depression and anxiety) during pregnancy. In addition, the characteristics of pregnant women which increase their risk of developing such behaviors or mental disorders are described. A better knowledge of these risks should make it easier for clinicians to identify cases at risk early on and put measures of support in place. A review of the literature has shown that certain characteristics of pregnant women (e.g. her relationship with her partner, a previous history of mental illness prior to pregnancy) are associated with various healthdamaging behaviors as well as with impaired mental health. Affected women often show an accumulated psychosocial stress which was already present prior to the pregnancy and which may persist even after the birth of the child. Zusammenfassung Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy -A ReviewAuswirkungen und mögliche Prädiktoren gesundheitsschädigender Verhaltensweisen und psychischer Beeinträchtigungen in der Schwangerschaft -ein Überblick

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“…Birth weight reported through maternal recall is highly correlated with medical record data into offspring adulthood (e.g., intraclass correlation [ICC] = .99 in Yawn, Suman, & Jacobsen, 1998; also see Buka, Goldstein, Spartos, & Tsuang, 2004; Jaspers, de Meer, Verhulst, Ormel, & Reijneveld, 2010; O’Sullivan, Pearce, & Parker, 2000; Rice et al, 2007). Given its sensitivity to multiple forms of prenatal stress, including prenatal exposure to trauma and violence (Hill, Pallitto, McCleary-Sills, & Garcia-Moreno, 2016), chronic stress and poverty (Bolten et al, 2010; Kayode et al, 2014; Strutz et al, 2014), cigarette smoking (Bailey, McCook, Hodge, & McGrady, 2011), and pregnancy-related stress and anxiety (Bussières et al, 2015), we interpreted lower birth weight as suggesting more prenatal stress. Children in the present study represented a full range of birth weights (from 2.6–9.8 lbs).…”

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Prenatal programming of postnatal plasticity for externalizing behavior: Testing an integrated developmental model of genetic and temperamental sensitivity to the environment

Tung

Morgan

Noroña

et al. 2017

Developmental Psychobiology

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Although both gene-environment and temperament-environment interactions contribute to the development of youth externalizing problems, it is unclear how these factors jointly affect environmental sensitivity over time. In a seven-year longitudinal study of 232 children (aged 5–10) with and without ADHD, we employed moderated mediation to test a developmentally-sensitive mechanistic model of genetic and temperamental sensitivity to prenatal and postnatal environmental factors. Birth weight, a global measure of the prenatal environment, moderated predictions of child negative emotionality from a composite of dopaminergic polymorphisms (i.e., DRD4 and DAT1), such that birth weight inversely predicted negative emotionality only for children with genetic plasticity. Negative emotionality, in turn, predicted externalizing behavior 4–5 years later, beyond genetic and postnatal parenting effects. Finally, birth weight moderated the indirect effect of dopaminergic genotypes on externalizing problems through negative emotionality, partially supporting a prenatal programming model. We discuss theoretical and empirical implications for models of environmental sensitivity.

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Maternal prenatal stress and infant birth weight and gestational age: A meta-analysis of prospective studies

Cited by 167 publications

References 146 publications

Psychosocial factors in pregnancy and birthweight: Path analysis

Psychosocial factors in pregnancy and birthweight: Path analysis

Consequences and Possible Predictors of Health-damaging Behaviors and Mental Health Problems in Pregnancy – A Review

Prenatal programming of postnatal plasticity for externalizing behavior: Testing an integrated developmental model of genetic and temperamental sensitivity to the environment

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