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Mothers' Antenatal Depression and Their Children's Antisocial Outcomes
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Hay, Dale F.; Pawlby, Susan; Waters, Cerith S.; Perra, Oliver; Sharp, Deborah – Child Development, 2010
Interviews of 120 British adolescents and their parents (80% of a random sample of antenatal patients drawn from a representative urban population and followed longitudinally) revealed that 40 (33%) had been arrested and/or had a diagnosis of "DSM-IV" conduct disorder by 16 years of age; of those, 18 (45%) had committed violent acts.…
Descriptors: Mothers, Antisocial Behavior, Pregnancy, Patients
Moderate Level Alcohol During Pregnancy, Prenatal Stress, or Both and Limbic-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis Response to Stress in Rhesus Monkeys
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Schneider, Mary L.; Moore, Colleen F.; Kraemer, Gary W. – Child Development, 2004
This study examined the relationship between moderate-level prenatal alcohol exposure, prenatal stress, and postnatal response to a challenging event in 6-month-old rhesus monkeys. Forty-one rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) infants were exposed prenatally to moderate level alcohol, maternal stress, or both. Offspring plasma cortisol and…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Drinking, Stress Variables, Separation Anxiety
Maternal Alcohol Use and Neonatal Habituation Assessed with the Brazelton Scale.
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Streissguth, Ann Pytkowicz; And Others – Child Development, 1983
Maternal alcohol use in mid-pregnancy was significantly related to poorer habituation and increased low arousal in newborn infants, even after adjusting for smoking and caffeine use by mothers, maternal age and nutrition during pregnancy, sex and age of the infant, and obstetric medication. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Arousal Patterns, Drinking, Factor Structure
The Effects of Maternal Alcohol Consumption and Cigarette Smoking during Pregnancy on Acoustic Cry Analysis.
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Nugent, J. Kevin; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Measured the neurobehavioral integrity of Irish infants and maternal alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking. Subjects were 127 primiparous mothers. Results demonstrated significant cry effects on infants of heavily drinking mothers, supporting the conclusion that newborn infants show functional disturbances in the nervous system resulting from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Crying, Drinking, Drug Use