Gladys Ibáñez|Jonathan Y. Bernard|Claire Rondet|Hugo Peyre|Anne Forhan|Monique Kaminski|Marie?Josèphe Saurel?Cubizolles
Effects of Antenatal Maternal Depression and Anxiety on Children’s Early Cognitive Development: A Prospective Cohort Study
Délégation Paris 5|Inserm|Université Paris Cité|Sorbonne Université|Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations|Inserm|University of Paris-Sud|Sorbonne Université|Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris|Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique|School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences|French National Centre for Scientific Research|Hôpital Robert-Debré|Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations|Inserm|University of Paris-Sud|Délégation Paris 5|Inserm|Université Paris Cité|Délégation Paris 5|Inserm|Université Paris Cité
introduction studies shown depression anxiety occur 1020 pregnant women disorders often undertreated may affect mothers childrens health study investigates relation antenatal maternal depression anxiety childrens early cognitive development among 1380 twoyearold children 1227 threeyearold children methods french eden motherchild cohort study language ability assessed communicative development inventory 2 years age overall development ages stages questionnaire 3 years age multiple regressions structural equation modeling used examine links depression anxiety pregnancy child cognitive development results found strong significant associations maternal antenatal anxiety poorer childrens cognitive development 2 3 years antenatal maternal depression associated child development except antenatal maternal anxiety also present postnatal maternal depression parental stimulation appeared play mediating roles relation antenatal maternal anxiety childrens cognitive development 3 years parental stimulation mediated 132 effect antenatal maternal anxiety postnatal maternal depression mediated 265 discussion partial nature effects suggests mediators may play role implications theory research child development discussed