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    Maternal life stress events in pregnancy link to children's school achievement at age 10 years

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    Authors
    Li, Jianghong
    Robinson, Monique
    Malacova, Eva
    Jacoby, Peter
    Foster, Jonathan
    van Eekelen, Anke
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Li, Jianghong and Robinson, Monique and Malacova, Eva and Jacoby, Peter and Foster, Jonathan and van Eekelen, Anke. 2013. Maternal life stress events in pregnancy link to children's school achievement at age 10 years. Journal of Pediatrics 162 (3): pp. 483-489.
    Source Title
    Journal of Pediatrics
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.09.007
    ISSN
    0022-3476
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    NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Pediatrics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 162, no. 3 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.09.007

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33517
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    Objective: To test the hypothesis that maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events is associated with lower achievement in literacy and numeracy at age 10 years, with sex differences in this link. Study design: The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort Study recruited 2900 women at 18 weeks' pregnancy, and 2868 children were followed up at birth and postnatally. At age 10 years, information on 1038 children was linked to their literacy and numeracy test scores. Multivariate regression models were used to test the foregoing hypotheses, adjusting for important confounders. Results: In girls, maternal antenatal exposure to 4 or more maternal life stress events or death of the mother's friend and/or relative was associated with lower reading scores. In contrast, exposure to 3 or more life stress events or to a pregnancy or financial problem was associated with higher reading scores in boys. Furthermore, maternal exposure to 4 or more life stress events was associated with higher mathematic scores and a residential move was linked to higher writing scores in boys. Conclusion: Maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events has differing effects on the school performance of male and female offspring. Further research is needed to explore the reasons for this sex difference.

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