Risk factors occurring during pregnancy and birth in relation to brain functioning and child's anxiety Export

@article{citeulike:5323325, abstract = {This study examined whether the most objective risk factors during pregnancy (prenatal) and delivery (perinatal) precede child's anxiety, and whether these factors exerted their influence via child's non-specific cerebral functioning. Median-anxious ( n  = 82) and high-anxious ( n  = 188) children (8–12), enrolled via the use of an anxiety screening questionnaire. Mothers were interviewed on pre-/perinatal risk factors, and children completed a visuospatial copying task. High-anxious children were exposed to more prenatal (not perinatal) risk factors and deviated more on the visuospatial copying task. Prenatal risk factors, deviation on visuospatial copying, and their interaction were significant predictors of anxiety, accounting for 13.5\% of the variance of anxiety. This percentage is impressive, given the fact that anxiety emerges from various combinations of risk factors and nature–nurture interactions. This study underlined the importance of considering risk factors occurring during pregnancy in relation to child anxiety and brain functioning.}, author = {Simon, Ellin and B\"{o}gels, Susan and Stoel, Reinoud and De Schutter, Sarah}, citeulike-article-id = {5323325}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0887618509001340}, day = {08}, doi = {10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.002}, issn = {08876185}, journal = {Journal of Anxiety Disorders}, keywords = {anxiety, birth, brain, development, etiology, factors, pregnancy, problems, risk}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2009-10-10 07:45:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Risk factors occurring during pregnancy and birth in relation to brain functioning and child's anxiety}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.002}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5323325 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5323325 N2 - This study examined whether the most objective risk factors during pregnancy (prenatal) and delivery (perinatal) precede child's anxiety, and whether these factors exerted their influence via child's non-specific cerebral functioning. Median-anxious ( n  = 82) and high-anxious ( n  = 188) children (8–12), enrolled via the use of an anxiety screening questionnaire. Mothers were interviewed on pre-/perinatal risk factors, and children completed a visuospatial copying task. High-anxious children were exposed to more prenatal (not perinatal) risk factors and deviated more on the visuospatial copying task. Prenatal risk factors, deviation on visuospatial copying, and their interaction were significant predictors of anxiety, accounting for 13.5% of the variance of anxiety. This percentage is impressive, given the fact that anxiety emerges from various combinations of risk factors and nature–nurture interactions. This study underlined the importance of considering risk factors occurring during pregnancy in relation to child anxiety and brain functioning. JF - Journal of Anxiety Disorders SN - 08876185 TI - Risk factors occurring during pregnancy and birth in relation to brain functioning and child's anxiety KW - anxiety KW - birth KW - brain KW - development KW - etiology KW - factors KW - pregnancy KW - problems KW - risk AU - Simon, Ellin AU - Bögels, Susan AU - Stoel, Reinoud AU - De Schutter, Sarah PY - 2009/07/08/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.002 ER -