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dc.contributor.authorSimcock, G
dc.contributor.authorElgbeili, G
dc.contributor.authorLaplante, DP
dc.contributor.authorKildea, S
dc.contributor.authorCobham, V
dc.contributor.authorStapleton, H
dc.contributor.authorAustin, MP
dc.contributor.authorBrunet, A
dc.contributor.authorKing, S
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-02T00:42:24Z
dc.date.available2021-07-02T00:42:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0196-206X
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/DBP.0000000000000444
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/405609
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study examined the effects of disaster-related prenatal maternal stress on infant temperament and whether the sex of the infant or the timing of the stressor in pregnancy would moderate the effects. Methods: Mothers' objective experiences of a sudden-onset flood in Queensland, Australia, their subjective emotional reactions, and cognitive appraisal of the event were assessed. At 6 months postpartum, 121 mothers reported their infant's temperament on the 5 dimensions of the Short Temperament Scale for Infants. Results: When controlling for postnatal maternal factors, subjective prenatal maternal stress and cognitive appraisal of the disaster were associated with easier aspects of infant temperament. However, several interesting interactions emerged showing negative effects of the flood. With higher levels of objective hardship in pregnancy, boys (but not girls) received more irritable temperament ratings. When the flood occurred early in pregnancy, higher levels of objective hardship predicted more arrhythmic infant temperament. Finally, mothers whose emotional response to the flood exceeded the hardship they endured reported significantly more active-reactive infants. Conclusion: Prenatal maternal stress from a natural disaster predicted more difficult temperament ratings that were moderated by infant sex, timing of the flood in gestation, and mother's emotional response to the disaster.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom310
dc.relation.ispartofpageto321
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleThe effects of prenatal maternal stress on early temperament: The 2011 Queensland flood study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSimcock, G; Elgbeili, G; Laplante, DP; Kildea, S; Cobham, V; Stapleton, H; Austin, MP; Brunet, A; King, S, The effects of prenatal maternal stress on early temperament: The 2011 Queensland flood study, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2017, 38 (5), pp. 310-321
dc.date.updated2021-07-02T00:32:48Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorStapleton, Helen


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