Childhood Anxiety: Prenatal Maternal Stress and Parenting in the QF2011 Cohort

Mia A McLean; Vanessa E Cobham; Gabrielle Simcock; Belinda Lequertier; Sue Kildea; Suzanne King

doi:10.1007/s10578-020-01024-2

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Childhood Anxiety: Prenatal Maternal Stress and Parenting in the QF2011 Cohort

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Childhood Anxiety: Prenatal Maternal Stress and Parenting in the QF2011 Cohort

Mia A McLean, Vanessa E Cobham, Gabrielle Simcock, Belinda Lequertier, Sue Kildea and Suzanne King

Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Vol.52(3), pp.389-398

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01024-2

PMID: 32661580

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Childhood anxiety

Natural disasters

Prenatal stress

Parenting behaviors

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

In this study we examine whether specific 'anxiety-maintaining' parenting behaviors (i.e., overinvolvement and/or negativ-ity) exacerbate the effects of disaster-related prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) on school-age anxiety symptoms. Women (N = 230), pregnant at the time of the 2011 Queensland Floods, reported on their experience of flood-related PNMS (objective hardship, cognitive appraisal, subjective distress). At 4-years, mother–child dyads were coded for maternal overinvolvement and negativity during a challenging task; at 6-years mothers reported on their children's anxiety symptoms and their own mood, N = 83. Results showed no associations between PNMS and 6-year anxiety, nor did parenting moderate these effects. Poorer maternal concurrent mood was associated with greater anxiety symptoms at 6 years (β = 0.52). Findings suggest maternal concurrent mood, but not exposure to disaster-related PNMS nor 'anxiety-maintaining' parenting behaviors at preschool age, is related to school-age anxiety symptoms.

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Title: Childhood Anxiety: Prenatal Maternal Stress and Parenting in the QF2011 Cohort
Authors: Mia A McLean (Author) - University of Queensland
Vanessa E Cobham (Author) - University of Queensland
Gabrielle Simcock (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
Belinda Lequertier (Author) - University of Queensland
Sue Kildea (Author) - University of Queensland
Suzanne King (Corresponding Author) - McGill University
Publication details: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Vol.52(3), pp.389-398
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-020-01024-2
ISSN: 1573-3327
PMID: 32661580
Organisation Unit: Thompson Institute; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99467305602621
Output Type: Journal article

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