Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring personality in childhood and adulthood

Sutin, Angelina R.; Flynn, Heather A.; Terracciano, Antonio

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“…Further studies have expanded on the foetal origins hypothesis to show that children’s risk of experiencing chronic illness as adults is also associated with mothers’ lifestyle and health risk behaviours during pregnancy and after childbirth. These include unhealthy dietary practices [ 20 ], lack of physical activity [ 20 ], maternal tobacco smoking [ 21 , 22 ], and harmful consumption of alcohol by pregnant mothers [ 5 , 23 ]. These findings indicate a growing need to better understand the prevalence of these common health conditions among mothers and how they impact their offspring’s long-term health.…”

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Maternal health and health-related behaviours and their associations with child health: Evidence from an Australian birth cohort

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Objective This study investigates the associations between maternal health and health-related behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking) both during pregnancy and up to 15 months from childbirth and children’s health outcomes during infancy and adolescence (general health, presence of a chronic illness, and physical health outcome index). Methods This study used Wave 1 (2004) and Wave 7 (2016) data from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children (LSAC). We measured mothers’ general health, presence of a medical condition during pregnancy and mental health during pregnancy or in the year after childbirth. We subsequently measured the children’s general health, presence of a medical condition, and physical health outcome index at ages 0–1 (infancy) and 12–13 (adolescence). Binary logistic and linear regression analyses were performed to examine the association between the mothers’ health-related variables and their children’s health. Results Our results showed that poor general health of the mother in the year after childbirth was associated with higher odds of poor health in infants and adolescents in all three dimensions: poor general health (OR: 3.13, 95% CI: 2.16–4.52 for infants; OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 0.95–2.04 for adolescents), presence of a chronic condition (OR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.19–1.81 for adolescents) and lower physical health score (b = −0.94, p-value <0.05 for adolescents). Our study also revealed that the presence of a chronic condition in mothers during pregnancy significantly increased the likelihood of the presence of a chronic condition in their offspring during infancy (OR: 1.31, 95% CI: 1.12–1.54) and during adolescence (OR: 1.45, 95% CI: 1.20–1.75). The study found that stressful life events faced by mothers increase the odds of poor general health or any chronic illness during adolescence, while stress, anxiety or depression during pregnancy and psychological distress in the year after childbirth increase the odds of any chronic illness during infancy. Conclusions The present study found evidence that poor maternal physical and mental health during pregnancy or up to 15 months from childbirth has adverse health consequences for their offspring as measured by general health, presence of chronic health conditions, and physical health index scores. This suggests that initiatives to improve maternal physical and mental health would not only improve child health but would also reduce the national health burden.

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Maternal health and health-related behaviours and their associations with child health: Evidence from an Australian birth cohort

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“…A variety of environmental factors have been shown to contribute to the development of children's temperament. For instance, maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with children who have lower sociability, lower persistence, and higher reactivity and these associations remain stable throughout childhood (Sutin, Flynn, & Terracciano, ). Also, a warm and nurturing parenting style predicts decreases in shyness over time when compared to other parenting styles (Sanson & Oberklaid, ) and interventions to teacha more responsive parenting style help children to become more cooperative 2–3 years later (van den Boom, ).…”

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Family and neighborhood socioeconomic status and temperament development from childhood to adolescence

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Sutin

2019

Journal of Personality

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Objective: Children differ in their temperament and these differences predict consequential outcomes, including mental health, peer relations, substance use, academic performance, and adult personality. Additionally, children's temperament develops over time in response to environmental factors, such as the socioeconomic status (SES) of their family and the neighborhood in which they are raised. However, there has been lack on research on the relation between neighborhood SES and the development of temperament or personality. Method: Using data from two cohorts of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC; N = 9,217) that followed children from 4 to 15 years old, the present analyses examined whether parent income, parent education, and neighborhood disadvantage were associated with three child temperament traits that are precursors to Five-Factor Model (FFM) adult personality traits. Results: Longitudinal hierarchical linear models (HLM) generally found that children with lower neighborhood SES or family SES tended to have lower sociability, higher reactivity, and lower persistence and these associations did not decrease over time.Conclusions: This research demonstrates that both the neighborhood and the family SES in childhood are important for the development of temperament across childhood and adolescence. K E Y W O R D Schildren, longitudinal, personality, socioeconomic status, temperament

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“…Poor maternal health can lead to low neonatal weight and reduced chances of survival, congenital abnormalities, problems with child behavior, poor school performance, and adult health and productivity [ 67 - 69 ]. Furthermore, maternal behaviors such as smoking or alcohol consumption during pregnancy may be significant drivers of infant health issues [ 70 , 71 ]. Therefore, health apps that allow pregnancy tracking are promising tools for improving knowledge about maternal and newborn health, thus decreasing the chances of pregnancy-related complications and child health issues.…”

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Characterization of Self-reported Improvements in Knowledge and Health Among Users of Flo Period Tracking App: Cross-sectional Survey

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Bamford²,

Radović³

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Background Research shows that poor knowledge and awareness of menstrual and pregnancy health among women are associated with adverse reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes. Menstrual cycle– and pregnancy-tracking mobile apps are promising tools for improving women’s awareness of and attitudes toward their reproductive health; however, there is little information about subscribers’ perceptions of app functionality and its impact on their knowledge and health. Objective This study aimed to explore knowledge and health improvements related to menstrual cycle and pregnancy, as well as improvements in general health among Flo app users. We also investigated what components of the Flo app were associated with the abovementioned improvements and evaluated whether those improvements differed based on education level, country of residence (low- and middle-income vs high-income countries), free or premium subscription to the app, short- or long-term use of the app, and frequency of use. Methods Flo subscribers who had been using the app for no less than 30 days, completed a web-based survey. A total of 2212 complete survey responses were collected. The survey included demographic questions and questions about motivations guiding the use of the Flo app and which components of the app improved their knowledge and health, as well as to what extent. Results Most study participants reported improvements in menstrual cycle (1292/1452, 88.98%) and pregnancy (698/824, 84.7%) knowledge from Flo app use. Participants with higher levels of education and those from high-income countries reported using the app predominantly for getting pregnant (χ21=4.2, P=.04; χ21=52.3, P<.001, respectively) and pregnancy tracking (χ21=19.3, P<.001; χ21=20.9, P=.001, respectively). Participants with less education reported using the app to avoid pregnancy (χ21=4.2; P=.04) and to learn more about their body (χ21=10.8; P=.001) and sexual health (χ21=6.3; P=.01), while participants from low- and middle-income countries intended to mainly learn more about their sexual health (χ21=18.2; P<.001). Importantly, the intended use of the app across education levels and country income levels matched areas in which they had gained knowledge and achieved their health goals upon use of the Flo app. Period, fertile days, and ovulation predictions as well as symptom tracking were consistently the top 3 components in the app that helped users with their cycle knowledge and general health. Reading articles or watching videos helped with users' education regarding their pregnancy. Finally, the strongest improvements in knowledge and health were observed in premium, frequent, and long-term users. Conclusions This study suggests that menstrual health apps, such as Flo, could present revolutionary tools to promote consumer health education and empowerment on a global scale.

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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring personality in childhood and adulthood

Abstract: These results suggest that MSDP is associated with individual differences in psychological traits in childhood and adulthood and may be one prenatal factor that contributes to trait Neuroticism and Conscientiousness.

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References 58 publications

Maternal health and health-related behaviours and their associations with child health: Evidence from an Australian birth cohort

Maternal health and health-related behaviours and their associations with child health: Evidence from an Australian birth cohort

Family and neighborhood socioeconomic status and temperament development from childhood to adolescence

Characterization of Self-reported Improvements in Knowledge and Health Among Users of Flo Period Tracking App: Cross-sectional Survey

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